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American television personality
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Male
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Birth:
2 April 1930(Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio, USA)
Death:
2 December 2015(Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Raymond L. Gandolf (April 2, 1930 – December 2, 2015) was an American sports broadcaster on CBS who went on to become co-anchor of the historical series Our World for ABC Television, along with reporting from four Olympic Games.
Life
Gandolf was born in Norwalk, Ohio on April 2, 1930. He had a wife, Blanche Cholet, and five daughters. He earned a B.S. degree in Speech from Northwestern University.
Gandolf, together with Linda Ellerbee and Richard Gerdau, won a writing Emmy Award in 1987 for an Our World episode. He also earned a Peabody Award and duPont Award.
Gandolf died in Manhattan at the age of 85 on December 2, 2015.