{"id":583812,"date":"2023-07-21T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bill-geddie-dead-longtime-news-producer-behind-barbara-walters\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T17:00:00","slug":"bill-geddie-dead-longtime-news-producer-behind-barbara-walters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bill-geddie-dead-longtime-news-producer-behind-barbara-walters\/","title":{"rendered":"#Bill Geddie Dead: Longtime News Producer Behind Barbara Walters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Bill Geddie, a legendary TV-news<\/a> producer who was behind many of Barbara Walters\u2019 most notable efforts, including the long-running ABC daytime show \u201cThe View,\u201d has died of coronary-related factors, his family told Variety<\/em>. He was 68.<\/p>\n

\n \u201cHe was a big deal in TV, but at home he was an even \u2018bigger than life\u2019 husband and dad,\u201d said Geddie\u2019s family in a statement.\u202f \u201cHe had a genuine love for television and entertainment. He would try everything and did it well \u2014 screenwriting, recording podcasts, playing guitar, writing songs, and loved a wide range of music from country to jazz.\u202f His favorite band was The Beatles, and he never thought he would have the opportunity to meet one of his personal heroes Paul McCartney in person, but his dream came true. The question wasn\u2019t who did he meet, but rather who didn\u2019t he meet?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n Geddie served as executive producer of \u201cThe View\u201d for 17 years, creating it with Walters, who was eager to create a new forum for women of different generations to discuss issues of the day. His connection to Walters was much deeper than that, however. The two were partners in the ABC News correspondent\u2019s BarWall Productions for 25 years. Geddie would serve as executive producer., writer and director of the famous \u201cBarbara Walters Specials\u201d and \u201cThe 10 Most Fascinating People.\u201d Walters died December 30, 2022, at the age of 93.<\/p>\n

\n Geddie worked with other popular hosts, serving as executive producer of ABC\u2019s \u201cTamron Hall\u201d in its 2018-2020 season and even oversaw a 2016 celebrity-interview special anchored by Megyn Kelly during her popular run at Fox News Channel.<\/p>\n

\n He also worked as a producer at ABC News\u2019 \u201cGood Morning America\u201d and eve wrote the script<\/a> for the 1996 sci-fil film Unforgettable,\u201d which starred Ray Liotta and Linda Fiorentino. His production company, Bill Geddie Productions, has produced 60 original hours for the Discovery Channel.<\/p>\n

\n Geddie \u201cenjoyed connecting with people, and we know we are not the only ones who will miss his encouraging way of positive guidance.\u202f He did so with enthusiasm mixed with sarcasm,\u201d his family said in the statement. \u202f His special style of humor was filled with puns.\u202f He believed in honesty.\u202f He was a kind man of integrity and always wanted to do the right thing.\u202f He lived by example.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n Geddie was born in San Antonio, Texas, on July 17, 1955.. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1977, majoring in communications and film, and got his start in the news business polishing floors at KOCO, an ABC station. That menial task led to bigger things. \u201cWhen you buffed the floors \u2014 this is how informal television was back then \u2014 they let you run camera for the local news,\u201d he told Texas Monthly in 2007. \u201cWhat got me off the floor was that I went to the news director and said I had shot film before, so he gave me a job shooting film.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n Geddie met his wife of 44 years, Barbara, while on assignment for a Valentine\u2019s Day story at KOCO. where she was an on-air reporter and he was a cameraman. She survives him, as do two daughters, Allison and Lauren.<\/p>\n

\n As a news cameraman and editor at WKYC, now an NBC affiilate in Cleveland, he won numerous awards including six local Emmys and Regional Cameraman of the Year.\u202f He was one of the first to bear the title of \u201cone-man band\u201d carrying his heavy film camera and bulky tape recorder.\u202f Little did co-workers know that this caused residual pain from having had polio as a child. Geddie was not known to complain. He wo<\/span>uld eventually move into a producer role when he joined Westinghouse\u2019s \u201cPM Magazine\u201d in San Francisco. From there, he would move to New York City, where he joined \u201cGMA.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n Geddie has been the recipient of four national Emmy Awards throughout his career. In addition to the Lifetime Achievement, he was honored with two awards for stories with then \u201cGMA\u201d host, David Hartman.\u202f He was particularly proud of his story about searching for gorillas in Rwanda, where he was actually charged by a silverback. His fourth Emmy was awarded for his work as executive producer of \u201cThe View\u201d in 2003, and\u202fhe was also awarded three NAACP Image Awards for \u201cThe View.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n Geddie lived in Rancho Mirage, Calif., with his wife, Barbara, where he played golf for charities and enjoyed playing at Mission Hills Country Club where he was a member. He knew a lot about movies<\/a> and loved watching them with his family, especially zombie horror films and film noir.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n