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Politicians in Radio and Television Broadcasting in Virginia

  Donald Cogley Bruce (1921-1969) — also known as Donald C. Bruce — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born in Troutville, Clearfield County, Pa., April 27, 1921. Republican. News commentator, program director, business manager at radio station WIRE, Indianapolis; U.S. Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1961-65; candidate for U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1964. Lutheran. Among the founders of the American Conservative Union in 1964. Died, apparently from a heart attack, in Round Hill, Loudoun County, Va., August 31, 1969 (age 48 years, 126 days). Interment at Ebenezer Cemetery, Near Round Hill, Loudoun County, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. W. H. Bruce and May Belle (Stewart) Bruce; married, June 9, 1944, to Hope Mitchell.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
Williana J. Burroughs Williana Jones Burroughs (1882-1945) — also known as Williana J. Burroughs; Williana Jones; Mary Adams — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Moscow, Russia. Born in Petersburg, Va., December 26, 1882. Communist. School teacher; joined the Communist party in 1926; used the pseudonym "Mary Adams"; in 1933, she led a demonstration to the New York City Board of Education, and as a result, she was fired from her teaching job; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1934; announcer and editor for the English-language broadcasts of Radio Moscow, 1937-45. African ancestry. Died, from a heart ailment, in the Staten Island Area Hospital, Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., December 24, 1945 (age 62 years, 363 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1909 to Charles Burroughs.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Image source: The Daily Worker, October 1933
  Tunis Augustus Macdonough Craven (b. 1893) — also known as T. A. M. Craven — of Washington, D.C.; Virginia. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., January 31, 1893. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; radio engineer; member, Federal Communications Commission, 1937-44, 1956-63. Episcopalian. Member, Loyal Legion. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of T. A. Craven and Harriet Baker (Austin) Craven; married, September 25, 1915, to Josephine La Tourette; married 1931 to Emma Stoner.
  Jerry Lamon Falwell (1933-2007) — also known as Jerry Falwell — Born in Lynchburg, Va., August 11, 1933. Republican. Pastor; television evangelist; founder (1971) of Liberty Baptist College, now Liberty University; also served as its chancellor; founder of the Moral Majority, political group advocating conservative Christian views; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1996. Baptist. Member, National Rifle Association. Suffered cardiac arrythmia, collapsed in his office at Liberty University, and died soon after at Lynchburg General Hospital, Lynchburg, Va., May 15, 2007 (age 73 years, 277 days). Interment at Montview Grounds, Liberty University, Lynchburg, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Carey Hezekiah Falwell and Helen V. (Beasley) Falwell; married, April 12, 1958, to Macel Pate.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas Peter Lantos (1928-2008) — also known as Tom Lantos; Tamas Peter Lantos — of Millbrae, San Mateo County, Calif.; Hillsborough, San Mateo County, Calif.; San Mateo, San Mateo County, Calif. Born in Budapest, Hungary, February 1, 1928. Democrat. University professor; television news commentator; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1976, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004; U.S. Representative from California, 1981-2008 (11th District 1981-93, 12th District 1993-2008); died in office 2008. Jewish. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Alpha Mu. Arrested for disorderly conduct in April 2006, while taking part civil disobedience action to protest genocide in Darfur, in front of the Sudanese embassy in Washington, D.C. Died, of cancer of the esophagus, in Bethesda Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., February 11, 2008 (age 80 years, 10 days). Interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Married 1950 to Annette Tillemann; father of Katrina Lantos (who married Richard Nelson Swett).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  George Gordon Battle Liddy (1930-2021) — also known as G. Gordon Liddy — Born in Hoboken, Hudson County, N.J., November 30, 1930. Conservative. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; FBI agent; lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 28th District, 1968; organized and directed the burglaries of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate complex in May and June 1972; the resulting Watergate scandal led to President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974; convicted on charges of burglary and wiretapping; sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined $40,000; released in 1977 after serving four and a half years; became a popular radio talk show host. Irish and Italian ancestry. Died in Mt. Vernon, Fairfax County, Va., March 30, 2021 (age 90 years, 120 days). Interment at St. Peter's Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Sylvester James Liddy and Maria (Abbaticchio) Liddy; married, November 9, 1957, to Frances Ann Purcell; father of Tom Liddy.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
Oliver L. North Oliver Laurence North (b. 1943) — also known as Oliver L. North; Ollie North — of Virginia. Born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., October 7, 1943. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War; central figure in the Iran-Contra scandal of 1986; he was in charge of a secret (and illegal) government operation to sell weapons to Iran and provide the profits to the then-unrecognized Nicaraguan "contras", who were fighting a civil war against the "Sandinista" government there; convicted in 1989 on federal charges of obstructing Congress, destroying documents, and accepting an illegal gratuity; an appeals court later overturned the guilty verdict; candidate for U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1994; host of a radio talk show in 1995-2003, and is a television commentator. Member, National Rifle Association. Still living as of 2014.
  Relatives: Married, November 13, 1968, to Betsy Stuart.
  Cross-reference: Harry E. Bergold, Jr.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Image source: Time Magazine, July 13, 1987
  Marion Gordon Robertson (b. 1930) — also known as Pat Robertson — Born in Lexington, Va., March 22, 1930. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; minister; host of the "700 Club" television show; founder and chairman, Christian Broadcasting Network; founder, Christian Coalition; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1988. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 2020.
  Relatives: Son of Absalom Willis Robertson and Gladys Churchill (Willis) Robertson; married 1954 to Adelia 'Dede' Elmer.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Encyclopedia of American Loons
  Allan Byron Swift (1935-2018) — also known as Al Swift — of Bellingham, Whatcom County, Wash. Born in Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash., September 12, 1935. Democrat. Broadcaster, public affairs director, KVOS-TV; administrative assistant to U.S. Rep. Lloyd Meeds, 1965-69; U.S. Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1979-95. Died in Alexandria, Va., April 20, 2018 (age 82 years, 220 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  George William Whitehurst (b. 1925) — also known as G. William Whitehurst — of Norfolk, Va. Born in Norfolk, Va., March 12, 1925. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; college professor; television journalist; U.S. Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1969-87. Still living as of 1998.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
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