Chung, Connie (1946–)
Chung, Connie (1946–)
American newscaster. Born Constance Yu-Hwa Chung, Aug 20, 1946, in Washington, DC; University of Maryland, BA in journalism, 1969; m. Maury Povich, 1984; children: (adopted) Matthew Jay Povich, 1995.
Prominent in network news, co-anchored 3 daily newscasts for KNXT-TV in Los Angeles (1976–83); served as anchor and reporter for "NBC Nightly News" (1983–89) and "CBS Evening News with Dan Rather" (1989–95); hosted tv series "Face to Face with Connie Chung" (1990), followed by "Eye to Eye with Connie Chung" (1993); was co-anchor on "20/20" (1998–2002); launched "Connie Chung Tonight" (2002).
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