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Theodore Holton Walworth Jr.

Television executive

Theodore Holton Walworth Jr.

Television executive
Birthday

July 19, 1924

Birthplace

Greenwich, Connecticut

Date of Passing

January 16, 2020

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Theodore Holton Walworth Jr. was an American businessman in the broadcast industry.

After serving as a medic in World War II, Walworth attended Nichols College. Upon graduation, he gained employment under Edward Noble at The American Broadcasting Company.

Beginning his 39-year career in the mail room, Walworth would go on to hold positions in sales and management in radio and television for NBC in Cleveland, Philadelphia, and New York, act as vice president, general manager, and then president of WNBC radio and TV in New York, and would become the long standing president of NBC-owned television stations.

Walworth died January 16, 2020, in Greenwich, Connecticut. He was 95.

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