- Children: with first wife: Katy, Molly; with second wife: Susan, Jane.
- His stepmother was Helga Sandburg, daughter of the poet Carl Sandburg.
- He was a producer on 60 Minutes (1968) and produced a documentary for CBS alleging that Gen. William C. Westmoreland and purposely underestimated enemy troop numbers during the Vietnam War. This resulted in a trial in 1984 and 1985; CBS and Westmoreland agreed to an out-of-court settlement.
- Married Susan Lyne who, as President of ABC Entertainment, hand-picked Desperate Housewives (2004). She then became CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc.
- George Foster Peabody Award/"The Battle for South Africa" (1978), Producer.
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