Tom Pettit | |
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 Pettit at the 1976 Democratic National Convention | |
| Born | William Thomas Pettit April 23, 1931 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | December 22, 1995 (aged 64) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | News correspondent |
| Years active | 1953–1995 |
William Thomas Pettit (April 23, 1931 – December 22, 1995) was an American journalist, who was a television news correspondent for NBC from the 1960s through 1995. During most of that period, he filed reports for NBC Nightly News (as well as the preceding Huntley-Brinkley Report) and served numerous times on the panel of Meet the Press. He served as one of NBC's floor reporters at the political conventions in 1972, 1976, and 1980.