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Willie Geist Biography

Birth Name:
William Russell Geist
Birth Place:
Evanston, Illinois, United States
Profession
TV host, reporter

Fast Facts

  • Captained his high-school football and basketball teams
  • His father, Bill, is a longtime correspondent for CBS News
  • Sister, Libby, is a film producer who has won a Peabody Award
  • Great-grandfather Herbie Lewis captained the Detroit Red Wings to two Stanley Cup titles and is in the Hockey Hall of Fame
  • Published his first book, American Freak Show: The Completely Fabricated Stories of Our New National Treasures, in 2010
  • Anchored NBC Sports Network's Olympic coverage from London in 2012

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