Ted Koppel

Ted Koppel (born February 8, 1940) is an American television journalist.

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Koppel was born in Lancashire, England after his Jewish parents fled Germany due to the rise of Hitler and the Nazis. He graduated from Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Science degree and from Stanford University with a Master of Arts degree in mass communications research and political science.

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Koppel started working at ABC in 1963, and served as a foreign correspondent for the network. He is most famous for serving as the long-time lead anchorman for ABC's Nightline, a position he has held since 1980. Koppel announced that he will leave his post as Nightline anchor on November 22, 2005, but that he will not be retiring; he is instead looking into other projects.

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In 2003, Koppel was embedded with the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division as it marched toward Baghdad during the 2003 Iraq War.

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He is multi-lingual, speaking German, Russian, French, and English.

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Ted's daughter Andrea Koppel is the Department of State correspondent for CNN.

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February 8: February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 326 days remaining, 327 in leap years....

1940: 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar)....

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