Rodney Rice (broadcaster)

{{Short description|Irish journalist (1944–2021)}}

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| birth_date = 12 October 1944

| birth_place = Whiteabbey, Northern Ireland

| death_date = 29 August 2021 (aged 76)

| death_place = Dublin, Republic of Ireland

| nationality = Irish

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| education = Trinity College Dublin

| occupation = Journalist, broadcaster

| years_active = 1968–2009

| credits = 7 Days, Here and Now, Saturday View, Worlds Apart

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Rodney Rice (12 October 1944 – 29 August 2021) was a Northern Ireland-born journalist and broadcaster who spent the majority of his career working with national broadcaster RTÉ.{{Cite news |last=Reilly |first=Jerome |date=5 July 2009 |title=Journalist and broadcaster Rodney Rice dies aged 76 |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2021/0829/1243491-rodney-rice/ |access-date=29 August 2021 |publisher=RTÉ News}} He was regarded as "a pioneering journalist."{{Cite news |last=McConnell |first=Daniel |date=29 August 2021 |title=Tributes pour in for pioneering journalist Rodney Rice who has died aged 76 |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40369055.html |access-date=29 August 2021 |work=Irish Examiner}}