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Veteran News Reporter David Brinkley Dead at 82

Aired June 12, 2003 - 15:13   ET

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THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: Veteran news reporter and long-time television news anchor, David Brinkley, has died. He was 82 years old. From the nightly news to Sunday morning talk shows, he helped shape the course of broadcast journalism.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

WOODRUFF (voice-over): The man who reinvented Sunday talk made his name at the dawn of television, ushering in a new era of small- screen journalism. David Brinkley's decades-long career traversed the spectrum of American reporting, taking him from newspapers to radio to television, where he opened the world of politics to the masses. Taking viewers to national conventions, bringing newsmakers into living rooms all over America.

CHET HUNTLEY, NBC NEWS: Chet Huntley, NBC News, New York.

DAVID BRINKLEY, NBC NEWS: I'm David Brinkley, NBC News, Washington.

WOODRUFF: For 14 years, he served as the Washington half of NBC's legendary Huntley-Brinkley Report, delivering the headlines with wry wit and occasionally sharp opinion. In 1981, with his star at NBC on the wane, he decamped to ABC.

BRINKLEY: We're glad to have you with us. We have a new Sunday program for you.

WOODRUFF: Where he launched "This Week with David Brinkley," the landmark talk show that carved out Sunday mornings as the political power spot. Brinkley relinquished his hosting duties in 1996.

BRINKLEY: My time here now ends extremely well. Thank you.

WOODRUFF: And Sunday mornings were never the same.

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WOODRUFF: I worked with David Brinkley at one point back at NBC, and I can say from a personal perspective, he was always supportive of the younger journalists he worked with, never too busy to sit down and have a chat about a story or about a career. He was a very special man. One of a kind in the business of television news.

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Aired June 12, 2003 - 15:13   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: Veteran news reporter and long-time television news anchor, David Brinkley, has died. He was 82 years old. From the nightly news to Sunday morning talk shows, he helped shape the course of broadcast journalism.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

WOODRUFF (voice-over): The man who reinvented Sunday talk made his name at the dawn of television, ushering in a new era of small- screen journalism. David Brinkley's decades-long career traversed the spectrum of American reporting, taking him from newspapers to radio to television, where he opened the world of politics to the masses. Taking viewers to national conventions, bringing newsmakers into living rooms all over America.

CHET HUNTLEY, NBC NEWS: Chet Huntley, NBC News, New York.

DAVID BRINKLEY, NBC NEWS: I'm David Brinkley, NBC News, Washington.

WOODRUFF: For 14 years, he served as the Washington half of NBC's legendary Huntley-Brinkley Report, delivering the headlines with wry wit and occasionally sharp opinion. In 1981, with his star at NBC on the wane, he decamped to ABC.

BRINKLEY: We're glad to have you with us. We have a new Sunday program for you.

WOODRUFF: Where he launched "This Week with David Brinkley," the landmark talk show that carved out Sunday mornings as the political power spot. Brinkley relinquished his hosting duties in 1996.

BRINKLEY: My time here now ends extremely well. Thank you.

WOODRUFF: And Sunday mornings were never the same.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

WOODRUFF: I worked with David Brinkley at one point back at NBC, and I can say from a personal perspective, he was always supportive of the younger journalists he worked with, never too busy to sit down and have a chat about a story or about a career. He was a very special man. One of a kind in the business of television news.

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com