View Post NBC Longtime TV News Spokesman and Publicist Andrew Freedman Dies at 67 By A.J. Katz on Feb. 16, 2023 - 4:13 PM He was NBC Nightly News' spokesperson from 1984-'91 and later opened up his own comms shop. Freedman's client roster later included Gayle King, Barbara Walters, Connie Chung.