Duffy JamesE

American media executive who served as president of the ABC Television Network for 15 years from 1970 to 1985. Duffy was awarded the broadcasting industrys highest honour, the Distinguished Service Award by the National Association of Broadcasters, in 1989. He also received the National Literacy Coalitions highest recognition, The Lifetime Achievement Award (1996) and The Broadcasters Foundation Pioneer Award (2004). Duffy published his memoir, The Wind in the Trees (1997) and also wrote a childrens book about his three Jack Russell Terriers, The Adventures of Emmy, Endy & Alfie Duffy, Too! (2010). James E. Duffy married and divorced three times and had a daughter. He died at his home in Bradenton, Florida on 29 September 2021 at age 95. Read less