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7 unusual facts about Bill Kurtis


Belle Adler

Belle Adler specialized in documentary productions and is credited with producing Murder for Hire for the Discovery Channel; American Dream, American Nightmare for A&E's Investigative Reports, narrated by Bill Kurtis; Operation Animal Shield for Animal Planet and Discovery International, and was research director for Drugs on Public Lands, an A&E production.

Jean Schodorf

Dr. Schodorf is the sister of attorney and television journalist Bill Kurtis.

Joe Halderman

In 1982, he went to work for CBS News, first on the national assignment desk and then, as a producer on the CBS Morning Show with Diane Sawyer and Bill Kurtis.

June 1966 tornado outbreak sequence

Bill Kurtis, then a reporter for WIBW-TV (channel 13; then a hybrid CBS/ABC/NBC affiliate, now only affiliated with CBS) wanted to urge people to take shelter from the devastating storm, and infamously advised viewers to "for God's sake, take cover!"

Linda MacLennan

In April 1989, MacLennan became WBBM-TV's 10 p.m. co-anchor, replacing Walter Jacobson in the anchor chair alongside Bill Kurtis.

Mettawa, Illinois

Famous residents and property owners within the area now known as Mettawa have included two-time presidential nominee Adlai E. Stevenson, city planner Edward H. Bennett, and more recently, news anchor and rancher Bill Kurtis.

Peggy Hettrick murder case

A&E's true crime television documentary series, Investigative Reports, produced and narrated by Bill Kurtis featured a 2004 episode, Murder Illistrated, that dealt with the Peggy Hettrick case.


The Good Night Chicago Show

Celebrities originally interviewed by Chicagoactor.com include Jeremy Piven, Heather Graham, David Carradine, Michael Rooker, Bonnie Hunt, John Lodge, Gabe Kaplan, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Bill Kurtis, and Walter Jacobson.


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