What is Hal Bruno?
{{Infobox person | name = Hal Bruno | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Harold Robinson Bruno, Jr. | birth_date = October 25, 1928 | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois | death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|11|5|1928|10|25}} | death_place = Bethesda, Maryland | nationality = [[United States|American]] | other_names = | known_for = Moderated 1992 Vice Presidential Debate | occupation = Journalist }} '''Harold Robinson Bruno, Jr.''' (1928-2011) was an [[Americans|American]] [[political]] commentator and [[journalist]]. He graduated from the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]] in 1950. He worked on its college newspaper with [[Robert Novak]] and [[Gene Shalit]]. He served as an intelligence officer in the [[United States Army]] during the [[Korean War]]. Bruno received a [[Fulbright fellowship]] to study in [[India]]. In 1959, Bruno covered the [[Cuban revolution]] from [[Havana]]. He joined Newsweek magazine in 1960. He joined [[ABC News]] in 1978. In 1992, Bruno was political director of [[ABC News]] when he moderated a televised debate between the three candidates for Vice President: [[Al Gore]], [[Dan Quayle]], and [[James Stockdale]]. After retiring from ABC News in 1999, Bruno became chairman of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation until 2008. He died of atrial arrhythmia.<ref>{{cite news|title=ABC News journalist led vice presidential debate in '92|first=Matt|last=Schudel|newspaper=Washington Post|date=November 11, 2011|page=B7}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bruno, Hal}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2011 deaths]] [[Category:American journalists]] [[Category:American political commentators]] [[Category:American military personnel of the Korean War]] [[Category:Writers from Chicago]] [[Category:Deaths from cardiac arrhythmia]] [[Category:Military people from Chicago]]