Children: with first wife: Katy, Molly; with second wife: Susan, Jane.
His stepmother was Helga Sandburg, daughter of the poet Carl Sandburg.
He was a producer on 60 Minutes (1968) and produced a documentary for CBS alleging that Gen. William C. Westmoreland and purposely underestimated enemy troop numbers during the Vietnam War. This resulted in a trial in 1984 and 1985; CBS and Westmoreland agreed to an out-of-court
settlement.
Married Susan Lyne who, as President of ABC Entertainment, hand-picked
Desperate Housewives (2004). She then became CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc.
George Foster Peabody Award/"The Battle for South Africa" (1978),
Producer.