Elizabeth Vargas
Elizabeth Anne Vargas (born September 6, 1962) is an American television journalist who is the lead investigative reporter/documentary anchor for A&E Networks, and the host for Fox's revival of America's Most Wanted. She began her new position on May 28, 2018, after being an anchor of ABC's television newsmagazine 20/20 and ABC News specials for the previous 14 years. In 2006 Vargas was co-anchor of World News Tonight alongside ABC News journalist Bob Woodruff.
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| Full name at birth | Elizabeth Anne Vargas
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| Claim to fame | serving as the co-anchor of the ABC news programs World News Tonight and 20/20, the lead investigative reporter/documentary anchor for the A&E Networks, and the host of Fox's revival of its longest-running reality crime series America's Most Wanted
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| Date of birth | 6 September 1962
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| Place of birth | Paterson, New Jersey, USA
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| Occupation | Television Journalist, Actress, Writer
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| Height | 5' 10" (178 cm)
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| Weight | 137 lbs (62 kg)
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| Shoe size | 5
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| Net worth | $6,000,000 USD
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| University | BA Journalism, University of Missouri, USA
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- Son Samuel Wyatt Cohn was born August 16th, 2006 he weighed in at 7 lbs, 9 oz.
- Announced on May 23, 2006 that she will step down from her ABC World News Tonight position to take maternity leave and later return to co-anchor "20/20" and ABC News specials. She said she decided to scale back her duties at ABC in order to spend more time with her growing family.
- Husband, Marc, was shot in the head on August 7, 2005 in Denver, Colorado, during an attempted carjacking. He survived with minor physical injuries.
- She graduated with a Bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, USA, where she began her broadcasting career as a reporter-anchor for KOMU-TV.
- Elizabeth and her husband, "Walking in Memphis" songwriter Marc Cohn, welcomed their first child, a boy named Zachary Raphael Cohn weighing 7 lbs. 13 oz. [January 2003].
Elizabeth Vargas is known for her role in the TV series Sherri (2022) as Self.
She is also known for her role in the TV series America's Most Wanted (2021) as Self - Host.
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