Ray Gandolf
Raymond L. Gandolf was an American sports broadcaster on CBS who went on to become co-anchor of the historical series Our World for ABC Television, along with reporting from four Olympic Games.Life
Gandolf was born in Norwalk, Ohio on April 2, 1930. He had a wife, Blanche Cholet, and five daughters. He earned a B.S. degree in Speech from Northwestern University.
Gandolf, together with Linda Ellerbee and Richard Gerdau, won a writing Emmy Award in 1987 for an Our World episode. He also earned a Peabody Award and duPont Award.
Gandolf died in Manhattan at the age of 85 on December 2, 2015.