Katie Couric
Katherine Anne Couric ( KURR-ik; born January 7, 1957) is an American television and online journalist, presenter, and author. From 2013 to 2017, she was Yahoo's Global News Anchor. Couric has been a television host at all of the Big Three television networks in the United States, and in her early career she was an Assignment Editor for CNN. She worked for NBC News from 1989 to 2006, CBS News from 2006 to 2011, and ABC News from 2011 to 2014.
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| Full name at birth | Katherine Anne Couric
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| Claim to fame | CBS Evening News
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| Date of birth | 7 January 1957
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| Place of birth | Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
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| Occupation | Journalist, Author and Talk Show Host
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| Height | 5' 4" (163 cm)
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| Weight | 130 lbs (59 kg)
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| Dress size | 8
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| Shoe size | 6.5
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ADDITIONAL DETAILS
| Net worth | $75,000,000 USD
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| High school | Yorktown High School, Arlington, VA (1975)
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| University | BA American Studies, University of Virginia (1979)
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- Member of Delta Delta Delta sorority.
- Read poetry aloud at the bedside of her friend, Jenifer Estess as Jenifer battled with A.L.S. (Lou Gehrig's disease). Jenifer died of the disease on December 16, 2003.
- In May 2003, Jay Leno hosted NBC's morning talk show _"Today" (1952)_ . In a May sweeps promotion, "Today" (1952) host Katie Couric, in turn, hosted "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992).
- After 15 years of co-hosting NBC's "Today" (1952), she announced that she will be leaving NBC to accept a position at CBS. She will become the first solo woman anchor of a nightly news program in September 2006 when she starts her new job at CBS.
- Her older sister, Senator Emily Couric (Virginia), was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in July 2000. She died on October 18, 2001.
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