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Tom Brokaw Host of NBC Nightly News, 1982–2004
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Born February 6, 1940 (age 85) • South Dakota
Awards And Honors Presidential Medal of Freedom (2014)
Notable Works “A Lucky Life Interrupted: A Memoir of Hope” • “Boom! Voices of the Sixties” • “The Fall of Richard Nixon: A Reporter Remembers Watergate” • “The Greatest Generation” • “The Time of Our Lives: A Conversation About America”

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