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- Birth nameRichard Gerard Valeriani
- Richard Valeriani was born on August 29, 1932 in Camden, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Crimson Tide (1995), Chet Huntley Reporting (1957) and 1976 Presidential Debates (1976). He was married to Kathie Berlin and Lee Hall. He died on June 18, 2018 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- SpousesKathie Berlin(1980 - June 18, 2018) (his death, 1 child)Lee Hall(1965 - 1979) (divorced)
- Served as NBC's senior White House correspondent under Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon, where he made the latter's "enemies list.".
- He began his career in the late 1950s at the Associated Press, which sent him to Cuba to live and report on the Bay of Pigs invasion. While there, he was hired by NBC and was the last American journalist ousted from the island nation.
- Starting in 1996, Valeriani began a new career as a media trainer, working with such high-profile clients as Kathryn Bigelow, Sumner Redstone, Jimmy Fallon, Ted Danson and Phyllis George; executives from the Ford Motor Co., IBM and Merck; and senior officials in the U.S. and foreign governments.
- In 1979 he wrote a book, Travels With Henry, about his time traveling 500,000 while covering Secretary of State Henry Kissinger when he was NBC's man at the State Department.
- Attended Yale University on a full scholarship and served as sports editor of the Yale Daily News. He was awarded two scholarships after school, one at the University of Pavia in Italy and another at the University of Barcelona.
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