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- Birth nameRobert Francis Friend
- Bob Friend was born on January 20, 1938 in Rusthall, Kent, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Mission: Impossible (1996), Quicksand (2003) and Bob Martin (2000). He was married to Marion Jones. He died on October 8, 2008 in the UK.
- SpouseMarion Jones(1961 - October 8, 2008) (his death, 2 children)
- Longtime news reader for SKY News in the U.K. since it started in the early 1990s.
- Retired from Sky News, 2003.
- He started out as a teenaged cub reporter for the Tunbridge Wells Advertiser.
- After nine years working with newspapers, he joined the BBC Radio 4 "Today" program in 1969. He reported from Northern Ireland for four years during the Troubles. He was also posted to Vietnam, Australia, and Japan. He moved to the United States as the New York correspondent for "Breakfast Time".
- He returned to the UK to work on the launch of Sky News in 1989.
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