Hal Bruno, longtime political director for ABC News, died after a fall on November 8, 2011. He was 83.
A major presence in the Washington bureau for ABC News until he retired in 1999, Bruno was known for his extensive network of sources during election time. He prided himself on getting his information across from on the ground.
Bruno ran campaign and election coverage on ABC television and radio for 19 years after having already been a correspondent at Newsweek magazine for 18 years. The first presidential election he covered was in 1960.
He was also a volunteer fireman, his second love after politics. He was on the fire service community for 60 years and was one of the first journalists on the scene at the Our Lady of the Angels school fire in Chicago in 1958 that killed 92 students and three nuns.
In 1956, he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to India, where he conducted a study of Indian media for the International News Service.
He is survived by his wife, two sons and four grandchildren.
