Editing Richard Basehart (section)

=== Narration ===
Basehart narrated a wide range of television and movie projects. In 1964, he narrated the [[David L. Wolper|David Wolper]] documentary about the [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]] [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|assassination]], ''[[Four Days in November]]''.<ref>{{cite news |date=October 8, 1964 |title='Four Days in November,' Documentary on Assassination |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/08/archives/four-days-in-november-documentary-on-assassination.html |access-date=July 22, 2019 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> In 1980, Basehart narrated the miniseries written by [[Peter Arnett]] called ''[[Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War]]'' that covered [[Vietnam]] and its battles from the Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945, to the final American embassy evacuation on April 30, 1975.<ref>{{cite news |date=August 16, 1987 |title=Television and Vietnam |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/16/arts/l-television-and-vietnam-580087.html |access-date=July 22, 2019 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>

One month before his death, Basehart narrated a poem during the extinguishing of the flame at the closing ceremonies of the [[1984 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Litsky |first=Frank |author-link=Frank Litsky |date=August 13, 1984 |title=A STRIKING CLOSING CEREMONY |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/13/sports/a-striking-closing-ceremony.html |access-date=July 22, 2019 |work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=September 19, 1984 |title=Actor Richard Basehart dead at 70 |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/09/19/Actor-Richard-Basehart-dead-at-70/2024464414400/ |access-date=July 22, 2019 |work=[[United Press International]]}}</ref>