Roone Arledge (Roone Pinckney Arledge) was born on Wednesday, July 08, 1931 in Forest Hills and he was a famous sports figure from United States.

Life in Brief:

- Being born on Jul 08, Roone was a Cancer.
- his ethnicity: White.
- his mother's name: Gertrude Agnes Stritmater.
- his father's name: Roone Pinckney Arledge.

Roone Arledge had studied at Mepham High School, Merrick, NY and then he attended the BA, Columbia University (in 1952).

Roone dated Joan Heise (wife) and amongst other amorous encounters was Gig Shaw (wife).

He died on Thursday, December 05, 2002, in Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; cause of death: cancer - prostate.

Famous Why : Created Wide World of Sports.



Roone Arledge Lists

	1931 births
	2002 deaths
	American television executives
	Columbia University alumni
	Peabody Award winners
	People from Nassau County, New York
	People from New York City
	Deaths from prostate cancer
	Wide World of Sports (U.S. TV series)
	American Broadcasting Company executives

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Tags: forest hills, cancer, sports figure, 1931

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Category: Others  - ( Others Archive)

Date Added: 04 June '08

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