Richard Kassebaum (November 15, 1960 – August 27, 2008) was an American

documentary A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

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. He is best remembered for producing television documentaries, including the 2002 award-winning Limited Series '' Woodrow Wilson and the Birth of the American Century''. Born in

Wichita, Kansas Wichita ( ) is the List of cities in Kansas, most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas, Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 397, ...

, Kassebaum was the son of Republican

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Nancy Landon Kassebaum Nancy Josephine Kassebaum Baker (; born July 29, 1932) is an American retired politician from Kansas who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997. She is the daughter of Alf Landon, who was Governor of Kansas from 1933 t ...

. Kassebaum graduated from Maize High School in

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. He received his bachelor's degree in radio and television from

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and did graduate work in the film school at the

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. He died from a brain tumor on August 27, 2008, in

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, at the age of 47.

Filmography as a producer

*''

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'' - two episodes (2000, 2002) *'' Woodrow Wilson and the Birth of the American Century'' (2002) *'' Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites'' (2003)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kassebaum, Richard 1960 births 2008 deaths American documentary filmmakers People from Wichita, Kansas Kansas State University alumni USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni Deaths from brain cancer in the United States Landon family