Tom Brokaw signing off from anchoring "NBC Nightly News" for the final time in 2004. (Getty Images) Veteran TV anchor Tom Brokaw, a fixture at NBC News for 55 years, is retiring from the network today ...
Tom Brokaw, 1980 Anchorwoman Jane Pauley of NBC's "Today" show, left, breaks down in tears at the end of a half-hour memorial tribute to musician John Lennon, Dec. 9, 1980, as Tom Brokaw looks on.