Tom Brokaw retires from NBC News after 55 years: Dan Rather, Lester Holt, Andrea Mitchell and more wish him well Raechal Shewfelt
Tom Brokaw, who announced his retirement from NBC News on Friday, sure has a lot of friends.
Andrea Mitchell, Lester Holt, Dan Rather, Maria Shriver and many more wished him well. They recalled working with Brokaw over his 55 years at the network, as he covered the 1968 presidential campaign, including the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy; the first political campaign of President Ronald Reagan; and the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
As NBC noted, Brokaw was the only anchor to have led all three of its major news shows:
Who is Tommy Lasorda’s wife? Dodgers legends’ 70-year marriage to Jo Lasorda explored!
Famous Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda has sadly died aged 93. Let’s find out a little more about him starting with, who was his wife?
There’s sadness in the baseball world today as the world has lost a legend, Tommy Lasorda, who made a huge impact on the industry throughout his life as a manager for the LA Dodgers.
Tributes for the sportsman are flooding Twitter as people express their condolences and remember his incredible achievements.
So who was Tommy Lasorda’s wife? Meet Jo Lasorda.
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Lina Wertmuller.
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Wertmuller directed Seven Beauties. The film was also nominated for best foreign language film, best screenplay, and best actor for Giancarlo Giannini, although it did not win in any category.
It would be almost 20 years before another woman was nominated for best director: Jane Campion for The Piano at the 1994 awards.
In 1977 - 48 years after the Oscars began - Lina Wertmuller became the first woman to be nominated for best director, but she was not chosen as the winner.
Wertmuller directed Seven Beauties. The film was also nominated for best foreign language film, best screenplay, and best actor for Giancarlo Giannini, although it did not win in any category.
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