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Diane Sawyer

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  • Birth Name: Lila Diane Sawyer
  • Birth Place: Glasgow, KY
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 12/22/1945, Capricorn
  • Profession: News Anchor
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Diane Sawyer Fast Facts:
  • Won America's Junior Miss pageant in 1963.
  • Began broadcasting career as a weather girl in Louisville, KY.
  • Was a press aide during President Richard Nixon's administration.
  • Joined CBS in 1978 as a reporter, co-anchored CBS This Morning (1981-84), and later became the first female correspondent on 60 Minutes. She moved to ABC in 1989, hosting PrimeTime Live, and later Good Morning America (1999).
  • Inducted into the Television Academy of Fame in 1997.
  • Diane Sawyer Relationships:
  • E.P. Sawyer - Father
  • Jean W. Sawyer - Mother
  • Linda Sawyer - Sister
  • Mike Nichols - Husband
  • College:
  • Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA (BA in English, 1967); attended University of Louisville Law School