Prince Anthony Stanislaw Albert Radziwill was an American television executive and filmmaker.
Background
Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, Radziwill was the son of socialite/actress Caroline Lee Bouvier (younger sister of First Lady Jacqueline Lee Bouvier) and Polish Prince Stanisław Albrecht Radziwiłł. He descended from King Frederick William I of Prussia, King George I of Great Britain, and King John III Sobieski of Poland.
Education
Anthony Radziwill was raised Roman Catholic there. He attended Colet Court preparatory school in London, and later Choate Rosemary Hall preparatory school in Wallingford, Connecticut, graduating in 1978.
Career
The family"s vast hereditary fortune was lost during World World War II, and Anthony"s branch of the family immigrated to the United Kingdom, where they became British subjects. In 1982, he finished his studies at Boston University, earning a bachelor"s degree in broadcast journalism. Radziwill"s career began at National Broadcasting Company Sports, as an associate producer.
In 1989, he joined American Broadcasting Company News as a television producer for Prime Time Live.
Posthumously, Cancer: Evolution to Revolution was awarded a Peabody. His work was nominated for two Emmys.
Around 1989 he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, undergoing treatment which left him sterile, but in apparent remission. However, shortly before his wedding, new tumors emerged.
He died on 10 August 1999, was cremated and buried next to his father at a London church.
In 2000, his mother, Lee Radziwill, and widow, Carole Radziwill, set up a fund to help emerging documentary filmmakers. Titled, What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship and Love (Scribner), the book made the New York Times Best Seller List.
Politics
In 1990, he won the Peabody Award for an investigation on the resurgence of Nazism in the United States.
Membership
As a member of the Radziwills, one of Central Europe"s noble families, Anthony Radziwill was customarily accorded the title of Prince and styled His Serene Highness, although he never used lieutenant