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International reporter maintained ties to Barrington

January 14, 2012

Richard Threlkeld, who traveled the world over the course of a distinguished career as a correspondent for CBS and ABC News, died Friday in a car accident on New York's Long Island. Threlkeld, 74, covered the Vietnam and Persian Gulf wars, the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy and the execution of Gary Gilmore. But he got his start in Barrington, where former classmates remember him as an...

Source: http://dailyherald.com/article/20120113/news/701139616/
 
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