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Daniel Irvin Rather Jr.
(born October 31, 1931) is an American journalist, commentator, and former national evening news anchor.
He began his career in Texas, becoming a national name after his reporting saved thousands of lives during Hurricane Carla in September 1961.
Rather spontaneously created the first radar weather report by overlaying a transparent map over a radar image of Hurricane Carla.
In his first national broadcast, he helped initiate the successful evacuation of 350,000 people.
He reported on some of the most significant events of the modern age, such as the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Gulf War, 9/11, the Iraq War, and the war on terror.
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From 1971 to 1973 Richard Nixon secretly recorded...Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words 2014
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The Most Dangerous Man in America...The Most Dangerous Man in America 2009
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Michael Moores view on how the...Fahrenheit 9/11 2004
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