Bob Clark (television reporter)
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Bob Clark was a television reporter and White House Correspondent for ABC News
from the 1960s until the 1970s. He is most remembered for reporting the assassination
s of John F. Kennedy
in 1963 and Robert F. Kennedy in 1968. Clark was the only person to see both Kennedy brothers mortally wounded but still alive moments after each was shot in Dallas
, and Los Angeles
, California
, respectively.
He was also a contributing host to the ABC Sunday interview program, then entitled Issues and Answers
, now known as This Week
.
ABC News
ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
from the 1960s until the 1970s. He is most remembered for reporting the assassination
Assassination
To carry out an assassination is "to murder by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." Alternatively, assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons."An assassination may be...
s of John F. Kennedy
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas...
in 1963 and Robert F. Kennedy in 1968. Clark was the only person to see both Kennedy brothers mortally wounded but still alive moments after each was shot in Dallas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
, and Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, respectively.
He was also a contributing host to the ABC Sunday interview program, then entitled Issues and Answers
Issues and Answers
Issues and Answers was a once-weekly TV news program that was telecast by the American Broadcasting Company network from 1960 to 1981. It was distributed to the ABC affiliate stations early on Sunday afternoons for either live broadcast or video taped for later broadcast.Issues and Answers was...
, now known as This Week
This Week (ABC TV series)
This Week is ABC's Sunday morning political affairs program.The Sunday morning talk show has aired on Sunday mornings on ABC since 1981; the program is initially aired at 9:00 AM ET, although many stations air the program later, especially those in other time zones...
.