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Katie Couric: Biography

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  • Birth Name: Katherine Anne Couric
  • Birth Place: Arlington, VA
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 01/07/1957, Capricorn
  • Profession: TV host; news anchor
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Katie Couric Fast Facts:
  • Was a high school cheerleader, gymnast, runner, National Honor Society member and newspaper writer.
  • After watching her fill in for an absent news correspondent at the start of her career in 1980, a CNN executive said he never wanted to see her on the air again.
  • Launched the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance (NCCRA) to encourage preventive testing and new medical research after her husband died of colon cancer in 1998.
  • Named News Person of the Year by TV GUIDE in 2001. Other awards she has won include Daytime Emmys, an Associated Press Award and a National Headliner Award.
  • Was the voice of the character Katie Current in the animated movie Shark Tale (2004).
  • Katie Couric Relationships:
  • Brooks Perlin - Significant Other
  • Caroline Couric Monahan - Daughter
  • Clara Couric Batchelor - Sister
  • Elinor Couric - Mother
  • Elinor Tully Monahan - Daughter
  • Emily Couric - Sister
  • Jeffrey Wadlow - Nephew
  • John M. Couric - Father
  • John M. Couric Jr. - Brother
  • John Paul (Jay) Monahan III - Husband (deceased)
  • College:
  • University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (American Studies, 1979)
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