| − | '''Chester Robert Huntley''' (1911-1974) is best known for his co-anchoring the [[NBC Nightly News|''The Huntley-Brinkley Report'']]. The show was the top rated in television during its fifteen-year history. Huntley worked for [[CBS]] and [[ABC]] News from 1937 to 1955, until he was hired by [[NBC]] News. He first worked with future co-anchor [[David Brinkley]] covering the [[Republican]] and [[Democratic]] conventions. When [[NBC]] placed Brinkley and Huntley together, they formed a dynamic duo, earning eight [[Emmy Awards]], and reaching an audience of twenty million .<ref>http://www.nps.gov/home/historyculture/upload/MW,pdf,HuntleyBio,b.pdf</ref> A research company found that Huntley and his partner were more widely recognized then famous stars including [[James Stewart]], [[Cary Grant]]and the [[Beatles]].<ref>http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/H/htmlH/huntleychet/huntleychet.htm</ref> Huntley retired in August 1970, and returned to his [[Montana]] ranch. He died of lung cancer in 1974.<ref>http://www.nndb.com/people/132/000056961/</ref> | + | '''Chester Robert Huntley''' (1911-1974) is best known for his co-anchoring the [[NBC Nightly News|''The Huntley-Brinkley Report'']]. The show was the top rated in television during its fifteen-year history. Huntley worked for [[CBS]] and [[ABC]] News from 1937 to 1955, until he was hired by [[NBC]] News. He first worked with future co-anchor [[David Brinkley]] covering the [[Republican]] and [[Democratic]] conventions. When [[NBC]] placed Brinkley and Huntley together, they formed a dynamic duo, earning eight [[Emmy Awards]], and reaching an audience of twenty million .<ref>http://www.nps.gov/home/historyculture/upload/MW,pdf,HuntleyBio,b.pdf</ref> A research company found that Huntley and his partner were more widely recognized then famous stars including [[James Stewart]], [[Cary Grant]] and the [[Beatles]].<ref>http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/H/htmlH/huntleychet/huntleychet.htm</ref> Huntley retired in August 1970, and returned to his [[Montana]] ranch. He died of lung cancer in 1974.<ref>http://www.nndb.com/people/132/000056961/</ref> |