Jeff Gralnick | TV news producer, 72
Jeff Gralnick, 72, a longtime television producer who helped shape the CBS show 60 Minutes , made NBC Nightly News the top-rated show, and served in various roles at ABC News, has died.
Jeff Gralnick, 72, a longtime television producer who helped shape the CBS show
60 Minutes
, made
NBC Nightly News
the top-rated show, and served in various roles at ABC News, has died.
NBC said Mr. Gralnick died Monday night at his home in Weston, Conn. He had battled cancer for years.
Steve Capus, president of NBC News, called Mr. Gralnick a pioneer who changed the way news was produced, reported, and presented during his 52-year career at the three broadcast networks.
He covered the Vietnam War as a reporter, produced special coverage of the space program, and was one of the first producers of 60 Minutes, working with Mike Wallace and Harry Reasoner.
In 1972, he joined ABC News as a field producer. He twice served as executive producer of World News Tonight and produced coverage of every political convention and election from 1980 to 1992.
- AP