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Dick Ebersol

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Dick Ebersol Fast Facts:

Worked as gofer for ABC in high school.
Started working for NBC in 1974.
Cocreated Saturday Night Live (with Lorne Michaels) in 1975 (also produced show from 1981-85).
Became the first-ever vice president at NBC under age 30.
Became president of NBC Sports in 1989.
Named most powerful person in sports by The Sporting News in 1996.
Owns independent radio station in Litchfield, CT.
Involved in a 2004 plane crash in Colorado in which his son Edward was killed.
Successfuly bid $50,000 in a charity auction for the right to know the subject of Carly Simon's You're So Vain.

Dick Ebersol Relationships:
Charles Ebersol - Son
Charles R. Ebersol - Father
Charles R. Ebersol Jr. - Brother
Edward Ebersol - Son
Harmony Lucas - Stepson
Josiah Bunting - Half Brother
Mary D. Ebersol - Mother
Sunshine Lucas - Stepdaughter
Susan Saint James - Wife
Susan Stafford - Ex-wife
William Ebersol - Son
Dick Ebersol Awards:
2002 Emmy: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special - Nominee
2005 Emmy: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special - Nominee
2006 Emmy: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special - Winner
1985 Emmy: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Graphic Design and Title Sequences - Winner
2009 Emmy: Outstanding Special Class Program - Winner
College:
Yale University, New Haven, CT (BA in History, 1971)