Career
While a college student at University of California, Los Angeles, Rose was a reporter for the student newspaper, during which time he also appeared as a contestant on the final episode of the American Broadcasting Company game show Split Second in 1975. He rose to prominence as an investigative reporter for American Broadcasting Company News, where Rose spent 16 years working on shows such as Prime Time Live and Good Morning America. He ended his career as co-anchor of the Cable News Network program Newsstand.
Rose died in June 2000, while undergoing treatment for a brain tumor.
His father is radio talk show host Hilly Rose. His mother was a 1940s radio actress turned award-winning National Public Radio broadcaster, the host of Midday with Sondra Gair.
