- Was traveling with the United States Army's Third Infantry Division, Second Brigade, in an armored vehicle, which came under Iraqi fire as the camera rolled.
- After working in television stations in LaCrosse, Wisconsin; Wichita, Kansas; and Miami, he joined NBC News in 1993, and was later its White House correspondent.
- 3 Daughters: Nicole & Christine (twins) b. 1994; Ava b. 2000.
- Attended Pitzer College in Claremont, California, from 1981 to 1985.
- Upon his death, his remains were interred at Pound Ridge Cemetery in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York. His location plot is New Addition in top left corner.
- His widow, Melanie Bloom, appeared in a PSA for PreventDVT.org/PE (deep vein pulmonary embolism). (2010)
- His ancestry included Swedish (from his paternal grandmother), Icelandic (from his maternal grandmother), Swiss, German, English, and Irish.
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