Ted Koppel
Birthday: 8 February 1940, Lancashire, England, UK
Birth Name: Edward James Martin Koppel
Height: 163 cm
Ted Koppel was born on February 8, 1940 in Lancashire, England as Edward James Martin Koppel. He is known for his work on America Held Hostage (1979), Petra: A Quest for Hope (2006) and ABC News Night ...Show More
When asked if he is narcissistic: "No, I'm too ugly to be narcissistic." The Wall Street Journal des Show more
When asked if he is narcissistic: "No, I'm too ugly to be narcissistic." The Wall Street Journal describes him as "the pre-eminent TV interviewer in America", while The Los Angeles Times refers to him as "the undisputed reigning lion of tough TV interview journalism." Hide
Peter [Jennings] was famously attracted to women. Even so, he only married four of them.
Peter [Jennings] was famously attracted to women. Even so, he only married four of them.
I have the necessary lack of tact. [on interviewing guests on Nightline, 1984]
I have the necessary lack of tact. [on interviewing guests on Nightline, 1984]
(Reflecting on ABC's almost succeeding in taking ABC News Nightline (1980) off the air in 2002:) "Th Show more
(Reflecting on ABC's almost succeeding in taking ABC News Nightline (1980) off the air in 2002:) "There's nothing more invigorating in life than getting shot at and missed" (tho he misquoted Churchill who used the final phrase "shot at without result"). Hide
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