Eliot Frankel (1923 – February 4, 1990) was a three-time
Emmy Award
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producer
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Occupations
*Producer (agriculture), a farm operator
*A stakeholder of economic production
*Film producer, supervises the making of films
**Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...
as well as an academic and educator.
Career
After three years as a reporter for the ''Newark Evening News'', Frankel joined NBC in 1950 as a writer for the ''Camel News Caravan'', hosted by
John Cameron Swayze
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Early life
Born in Wichita, Kansas, Swayze was the ...
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Frankel later was appointed as one of the news editor of '' The Today Show''. In 1956, he went to work for '' The Huntley-Brinkley Report'', where he remained until 1963, when he moved to London to direct the network's European news gathering; remained there until 1966.
Post-NBC
In 1980, Frankel retired from NBC to teach journalism at
New York University
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In 1832, the ...
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Death
Frankel died of
stomach cancer
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