Connie Chung
Constance Yu-Hwa Chung (born August 20, 1946) is an American journalist. She has been an anchor and reporter for the U.S. television news networks NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, and MSNBC. Some of her more famous interview subjects include Claus von Bülow and U.S. Representative Gary Condit, whom Chung interviewed first after the Chandra Levy disappearance, and basketball legend Magic Johnson after he went public about being HIV-positive. In 1993, she became only the second female to co-anchor a network newscast as part of CBS Evening News. She was removed in 1995 as CBS Evening News co-anchor after a controversial interview with a fireman, during rescue efforts at the Oklahoma City bombing, which seemed inappropriately combative, and her interview tactics to get Newt Gingrich's mother to admit her unguarded thoughts about Hillary Clinton.
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| Full name at birth | Constance Yu-Hwa Chung
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| Claim to fame | NBC news anchor
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| Date of birth | 20 August 1946
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| Place of birth | Washington, DC
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| Net worth | $15,000,000 USD
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| High school | Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD
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| University | BA Journalism, University of Maryland (1969)
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- She received teaching fellowship at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
- She was the first journalist to interview basketball legend Magic Johnson after he went public about being HIV-positive. She was also the first to interview congressman Gary Condit after his intern Chandra Levy disappeared.
- Her Chinese name, given to her by her parents, can be translated as "Princess Ivory".
- Youngest of 10, 5 of whom died in China. She has 4 older living sisters - one is Josephine Chen.
- Met her future husband, Maury Povich, in 1968 at the local TV station in Washington, D.C. (WTTN), where she was a secretary and he was an anchorman.
Connie Chung is known for her role in the TV mini series documentary Waco: American Apocalypse (2023) as Self - Host, CBS Evening News.
She is also known for her role in the documentary Wham! (2023) as Self (uncredited).
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