- Worked for WNBC Radio in New York before switching to the television division.
- Father was a dentist who later became a professional magician.
- Worked for Metromedia's WNEW-TV Channel 5 in New York from 1972-79.
- Graduated from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1947 with a Masters Degree.
- Won 11 Emmy Awards.
- Son of Jewish immigrants, father Benjamin from Austria, mother from Russia.
- Graduated from New York University in 1946 (his education was interrupted by his military service).
- Worked as a cub reporter for the Peekskill (NY) Evening Star during his high school summer vacations.
- Graduated from Morris High School in Bronx, NY.
- Worked for the Newark (NJ) Evening News after graduating from Columbia.
- Served in the US Navy during World War II from 1943-46, where he took part in the Philippines Campaign. He was a communications officer aboard the submarine chaser USS PC-470.
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