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Diane Sawyer: Biography

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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 broadcast career as a weather girl in Louisville, KY.
Worked as an aide to Nixon's press secretary in the '70s; helped him in the writing of his memoirs in 1974-75.
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.
Replaced Charles Gibson as anchor of ABC's World News in December 2009.

Diane Sawyer Relationships:
E.P. Sawyer - Father
Jean W. Sawyer - Mother
Linda Sawyer - Sister
Mike Nichols - Husband
Daisy Nichols - Stepdaughter
Jenny Nichols - Stepdaughter
Max Nichols - Stepson
College:
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA (BA in English, 1967); attended University of Louisville Law School

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