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David Robb Remembered As Great Reporter & Even Better Person At Memorial: “He Had No Peer”


Colleagues and friends gathered today at the Motion Picture & Television Fund to celebrate the life of venerable Deadline labor reporter David Robb.

Colleagues and friends gathered today at the Motion Picture & Television Fund to celebrate the life of venerable Deadline labor reporter David Robb who died in December at age 74. The terminology found its way into popular culture via Aaron Sorkin, who used it on both The West Wing and Sports Night, as two of his longtime poker friends, introduced as John & Reese, noted. The event’s emcee, author and former journalist Bill Knoedelseder, as well as former Hollywood Reporter editor Alex Ben Block knew Robb both as a colleague and poker buddy.

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