Nick Clooney

About

Nicholas Joseph Clooney (born January 13, 1934) is an American journalist, anchorman, politician, and television host. He is the brother of singers Rosemary Clooney and Betty Clooney, also the father of actor George Clooney and the uncle of actor Miguel Ferrer.

Clooney was born in Maysville, Kentucky, the son of Marie Frances (née Guilfoyle; 1904–1972) and Andrew Joseph Clooney (1902–1974). He was one of five children. His father was of Irish and German descent and his mother was of Irish ancestry.
While serving as a corporal in the U.S. Army, Clooney worked as a disc jockey in the American Forces Network in Germany, hosting the shows Music in the Air and Melody-Go-Round. He then moved to California for a try at show business. When that did not work out, Clooney moved to Ohio, where he met Nina Warren when she was a contestant in a beauty pageant he was judging; they married in August 1959. In addition to his son, George, Nick Clooney had a daughter named Adelia (known as Ada) (1960–2025).

He attended St. Patrick’s High School in Maysville, Kentucky.

Clooney had an eight-year stint (1958–1966) at WKYT-TV in…