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Al Roker: Biography

Al Roker

Birth Name: Albert Lincoln Roker Jr.
Birth Place: Queens, NY
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 08/20/1954, Leo
Profession: TV host; weathercaster; producer

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Al Roker Fast Facts:

Childhood idol was Bill Cosby.
Former college classmate was Jerry Seinfeld.
Joined NBC's Today Show as a weatherman and reporter in 1996.
Received an honorary doctorate from the State University of New York at Oswego in 1998.
Wrote the nonfiction books Don't Make Me Stop This Car: Adventures in Fatherhood (2001), Al Roker's Big Bad Book of Barbecue (2002), Al Roker's Hassle-Free Holiday Cookbook (2003), and Big Shoes: In Celebration of Dads and Fatherhood (2005).
In 2003, began hosting a show on the Food Network called Roker on the Road.
Launched Al Roker Productions in 2005.
Landed a morning show on the Weather Channel, Wake Up With Al, in 2009.
Wrote his first fiction novel, The Morning Show Murders, in 2009.
Has received 10 Daytime Emmy Awards.

Al Roker Relationships:
Albert Lincoln Roker Sr. - Father
Alice Bell - Ex-wife
Alisa Smith - Sister
Christopher Roker - Brother
Courtney Roker - Daughter
Deborah Roberts - Wife
Isabel Roker - Mother
Leila Ruth Roker - Daughter
Nicholas Albert Roker - Son
College:
State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, NY (BA in Communications, 1976)

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