| Dick Oliver | |
| Birthname: | Richard Vincent Oliver Jr. |
| Birth Date: | 11 April 1939 |
| Birth Place: | New York, New York, U.S. |
| Death Place: | New York, New York, U.S. |
| Education: | Columbia University (BA, MS) |
| Occupation: | Journalist and reporter |
| Years Active: | 1961–2002 |
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| Children: | 2 |
| Credits: | Reporter for Good Day New York (TV program) (1988-2002) |
Richard Vincent Oliver Jr. (April 11, 1939 - November 11, 2016)[1] was an American print journalist, radio host and television reporter, best known for his tenure as a correspondent for Good Day New York from 1988 until 2001, broadcast on television station WNYW Fox 5.
Oliver was born in Astoria, Queens. He graduated from William Cullen Bryant High School, and received his bachelor's degree from Columbia University and master's degree from Columbia School of Journalism.[1] He started his career as a reporter and editor with the New York Daily News, in 1961, before becoming a reporter for United Press International
Oliver was a radio host, as presenter of a program called The Daily News Bulldog Edition in 1978, and becoming assistant managing editor in 1980, he remained with the program that was broadcast on several New York station's until 1995. In 1988 he became a reporter on the television breakfast show Good Day New York until 2001. On July 19, 2001, while field reporting on a landlord-tenant dispute, he was involved in a heated exchange live on air with Good Day New York anchor Jim Ryan.[2] [3] Less than two months later, on the morning of September 11, Oliver had been on assignment in Lower Manhattan when the attack on the World Trade Center occurred. His live report was among the earliest news coverage of the event.[4] He would retire from Fox the following year and afterwards taught journalism at Columbia University, Hunter College and New York University.
He died in a hospice care facility on 11 November 2016, aged 77, from complications of a stroke.[4]