Bob Woodruff
Bob Woodruff
Robert "Bob" Warren Woodruffis an American television journalist. His career in journalism dates back to 1989, and he is widely known for succeeding Peter Jennings as the co-anchor of ABC News's weekday news broadcast, World News Tonight, in December 2005. In January 2006, Woodruff was critically wounded by a roadside bomb in Iraq...
ProfessionNews Anchor
Date of Birth18 August 1961
CityBloomfield Hills, MI
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