‘Scud Stud’ to run for office
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The “Scud Stud” is giving up journalism for politics.
Arthur Kent, a Canadian whose live NBC reports on Iraq’s Scud missile attacks on Saudi Arabia during the 1991 Gulf War made him a celebrity, is running for a legislative seat in his home province of Alberta.
Intense and handsome, Kent stood on a rooftop to tell about Iraqi missiles falling on Dharan, Saudi Arabia. He wore a leather jacket and was soon dubbed “the Scud Stud” in the media.
Kent, 54, left NBC in a contract dispute in 1992. His lawsuit was settled out of court, and he has since worked for A&E;, the History Channel and Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and as an independent producer.
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