Brian Williams, Tom Brokaw and Barbara Walters are teaming up tonight to honor a former co-worker. Joan Scarangello, who worked as a writer for NBC News and earlier for ABC News, died seven years ago this month.
A lung cancer diagnosis came just nine months before Scarangello died. The 47-year-old never smoked.
Tonight’s event at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center will be a who’s who of broadcasting: CNBC’s Jonathan Wald, former ABC & NBC EP Ben Sherwood, CNN’s David Doss and TV news medical correspondents Robert Bazell of NBC and Dr. Timothy Johnson of ABC.
Advertisement
In its five years, Joan’s Legacy has funded $3.5 million in research grants for projects at the nation’s top cancer centers.