Dan Irvin Rather Jr. is an American journalist. Rather began his career in Texas, becoming a national name after his reporting saved thousands of lives during Hurricane Carla in September 1961. Rather spontaneously created the first radar weather report by overlaying a transparent map over a radar image of Hurricane Carla. In his first national broadcast, he helped initiate the successful evacuation of 350,000 people.

Dan Rather
Active - 1972 - Present |
Birth - Oct 31, 1931 |
Genres - Documentary, History, Biography, Crime, Comedy
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Subgenres - Biographical Film, Avant-Garde and Experimental, Drama Fiction, Historical Film, Musical
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