Ray Gandolf
Ray Gandolf was a CBS sportscaster and co-anchor of the short-lived ABC historical television series Our World. The educational program ran in 1986 and 1987 and each episode highlighted a particular year and the events that occurred throughout.
The series, which Gandolf wrote and co-hosted alongside Linda Ellerbee, won a news and documentary Emmy Award in 1987, in the category of outstanding individual achievement in a craft: writers.
Gandolf began his career as an actor, but transitioned into television news in the early 1960s. He worked for years as a news writer at CBS before he started reporting sports coverage in 1974. In 1979, he became the first sportscaster for the CBS News program, Sunday Morning. In the early 1980s, he left CBS to become the weekend sports anchor for ABC. He began working on Our World in the mid-1980s, but the series, though beloved by viewers, was canceled due to low ratings (it had been scheduled at the same time as popular sitcom The Cosby Show).
Ray Gandolf was a CBS sportscaster and co-anchor of the short-lived ABC historical television series Our World. The educational program ran in 1986 and 1987 and each episode highlighted a particular year and the events that occurred throughout.
The series, which Gandolf wrote and co-hosted alongside Linda Ellerbee, won a news and documentary Emmy Award in 1987, in the category of outstanding individual achievement in a craft: writers.
Gandolf began his career as an actor, but transitioned into television news in the early 1960s. He worked for years as a news writer at CBS before he started reporting sports coverage in 1974. In 1979, he became the first sportscaster for the CBS News program, Sunday Morning. In the early 1980s, he left CBS to become the weekend sports anchor for ABC. He began working on Our World in the mid-1980s, but the series, though beloved by viewers, was canceled due to low ratings (it had been scheduled at the same time as popular sitcom The Cosby Show).
Additionally, Gandolf appeared on Morning as a sports reporter, as well as Camera Three and ABC World News Tonight with David Muir.
Gandolf died December 2, 2015, in New York City. He was 85.
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