Ted Koppel
Risk 85Broadcast journalist
85 years oldAmerican0 picksBorn February 8, 1940
For 25 years, this guy made staying up past your bedtime feel intellectually responsible, turning ABC's Nightline into appointment television for 7.5 million news junkies. At 85, the legendary anchor still hasn't hung up his microphone, serving as a Senior Contributor to CBS News Sunday Morning with the same razor-sharp interview style that made politicians squirm for decades. Some journalists fade into retirement—Koppel apparently didn't get that memo.
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About Ted Koppel
For 25 years, this guy made staying up past your bedtime feel intellectually responsible, turning ABC's Nightline into appointment television for 7.5 million news junkies. At 85, the legendary anchor still hasn't hung up his microphone, serving as a Senior Contributor to CBS News Sunday Morning with the same razor-sharp interview style that made politicians squirm for decades. Some journalists fade into retirement—Koppel apparently didn't get that memo.
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