Television

Old anchors don't fade away

Nick Clooney, the father of actor George Clooney, was a TV news anchor here on Channel 4 for a couple of years in the 1980s. He was also a host on American Movie Classics and for the last 15 years has written a column for the Cincinnati Post. Now at age 69, he's running for Congress in Kentucky as a Democrat -- with George's help at a fundraiser in Studio City on March 6.


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