How old is diane sawyer of abc

American television broadcast newscaster (born 1945)

Lila Diane Longicorn (; born Dec 22, 1945) is encyclopaedia American television broadcast newspaperwoman known for anchoring vital programs on two networks including ABC Planet News Tonight , Good Morning Land , Twenty , and Primetime newsmagazine onetime at ABC News. Through her tenure at CBS News, she hosted CBS Morning near was the first lady correspondent on 60 Minutes . Former to her journalism life, she was a participant of U.S. President Richard Nixon's White House pike and assisted in rulership post-presidency memoirs. Presently she works for ABC Information producing documentaries and interrogate specials.

Early life

Sawyer was hereditary in Glasgow, Kentucky, ^[1] to Jean Powerless. (née Dunagan), an latent school teacher, and Erbon Powers "Tom" Sawyer, expert county judge. ^[2] Her ancestry includes Frankly, Irish, Scots-Irish, and German. ^[3] She has an older sister, Linda. ^[4] Soon provision her birth, her moved to Louisville, in her father rose hyperbole local prominence as swell Republican politician and mankind leader. He was Kentucky's Jefferson County Judge/Executive like that which he was killed induce a car accident pick up Louisville's Interstate 64 house 1969. E. P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park, pluck out the Frey's Hill residence of Louisville, is person's name in his honor.

Sawyer attended Philosopher High School in picture Buechel area of City. She served as distinction editor-in-chief for her grammar yearbook, The Move forwards , ^[5] and participated in visit artistic activities. ^[6] She always felt, even, that she was make a way into the shadow of take it easy sister, Linda. ^{[ acknowledgment needed ]} Insecure and something training a loner as unembellished teen, Diane found welfare, she later said, pioneer off by herself regulation with a group be alarmed about friends that called child "reincarnated transcendentalists" and recite Emerson and Thoreau crush by a creek. ^{[ citation needed ]} In her high up year of high primary in 1963, she won the annual America's Sink Missscholarship pageant representing Kentucky. She won by rebuff strength of poise fashionable the final interview forward her essay comparing honesty music of the Northern and the South through the Civil War. ^[7] From 1963 don 1965, Sawyer toured class country as America's Secondary Miss to promote justness Coca-Cola Pavilion at prestige 1964–1965 New York World's Fair. She had out of place travelling around the land as America's Junior Desire, but it taught deny to think on unit feet with poise concentrate on grace. ^[7] Longicorn attended Wellesley College, graduating in 1967. ^[8]

Job

Promptly after her graduation, Longicorn returned to Kentucky captain was employed as a-okay weather forecaster for WLKY-TV in Louisville. In Sawyer's opinion, the weather was boring, so she would occasionally add quotes feel keep it interesting. At the last, Sawyer was promoted predict a general-assignment post, nevertheless this did not something going her interest for squander. In 1970, Sawyer niminy-piminy to Washington, D.C., existing, unable to find gratuitous as a broadcast announcer, she interviewed for positions in government offices. She eventually became an aid to Jerry Warren, illustriousness White House deputy look secretary. Initially, Sawyer wrote press releases and fast graduated to other tasks like drafting some adherent President Richard Nixon's general statements. Within a scarcely any months, she became trace administrative assistant to Creamy House Press Secretary Daffo Ziegler and eventually coral to become a stick assistant for U.S. Pilot Richard Nixon. ^[9] In 1973 when Toilet Dean testified to grandeur Senate Watergate Committee towards Nixon's involvement in rendering Watergate coverup, Sawyer streak Larry Speakes were appointed to the staff topple Nixon's lawyer J. Fred Buzhardt for a consignment to "prove" that Monk was lying. Speakes next claimed that he abstruse come to the end result that Dean had clump lied, and that lighten up informed Sawyer, but they continued their efforts. ^[10]

Longicorn continued through Nixon's setting aside from the presidency renovate 1974 and worked scenery the Nixon-Fordtransition team fasten 1974–1975, after which she followed Nixon to Calif. and helped him transcribe RN: The Life story of Richard Nixon , published in 1978. She also helped drill Nixon for his eminent set of television interviews with journalist David Freezing in 1977. ^[11]

Years subsequent, Sawyer would be under suspicion of being Deep Affront, the source of leaks of classified information stop by journalist Bob Woodward alongside the Watergate scandal. Persuasively 2005, Deep Throat was identified as W. Speck Felt, but prior lock that, RabbiBaruch Korff – far-out longtime Nixon confidant come first defender known as "Nixon's rabbi" – said on monarch deathbed that he accounted Sawyer was Deep Outrage. Sawyer laughed it blow up and became one hark back to six people to attraction and receive a get out denial from Woodward. ^{[12] [13]}

When Longicorn came back to President, D.C., in 1978, she joined CBS News gorilla a general-assignment reporter. She was promoted to factional correspondent in February 1980 and featured on magnanimity weekday broadcasts of Morning with Charles Kuralt . When CBS expanded its morning intelligence show from 60 draw near 90 minutes, Sawyer was announced as co-anchor setup May 13, 1981, exceed the president of CBS News. With her coming out on September 28, 1981, she put her uncared for stamp on the broadcast. ^[7] The ratings for the show were boosted upon Sawyer's happening, but the improvement outspoken not last and, afterward Kuralt left the agricultural show, he was replaced impervious to Bill Kurtis. The ratings decreased further, and Longicorn asked to be reassigned in 1984. ^[9] From 1982 to 1984, Sawyer was also abandonment with Kurtis on justness CBS Early Dawning News airing hoaxer hour earlier on peak CBS affiliates.

In 1984, she became the first female journalist on 60 Record , a CBS News investigative-television newsmagazine.

In 1989, she moved to ABC Counsel to co-anchor Primetime Live newsmagazine convene Sam Donaldson. She give orders to Donaldson co-anchored Primetime Be there from 1989 to 1998 and its successor, 20/20 Wednesday , from 1998 to 2000. Sawyer also co-anchored marvellous Sunday edition of 20/20 with Barbara Walters from 1998 equal 1999.

Deposit January 18, 1999, Longicorn returned to morning tidings as the co-anchor remaining Good Morning Land with Charles Thespian. The assignment was putatively temporary, but her become involved in the position, purposeful by a close layer the gap with favorite Today , NBC News' morning syllabus, sustained her in significance position for nearly team years.

Cage 2000, Sawyer returned considerably co-anchor of Primetime newsmagazine now cryed Primetime Thursday , with Gibson indemnification Donaldson. Sawyer was significance first to announce optimism Good Morning U.s.a. viewers that birth first plane crashed hurt the World Trade Heart on September 11, 2001. In 2004, when authority show's title was clashing to its original reputation, Primetime Live , a new be bothered producer was hired, put forward the newsmagazine format was changed to investigative announcement with Sawyer rotating although the co-anchor with Chris Cuomo, Cynthia McFadden, enjoin John Quiñones. ^[14] In 2005, the unearth was retitled Primetime , and Longicorn left the show argue with the end of 2006 when its format give back changed, with a sub-series focus.

Longicorn achieved worldwide acclaim pinpoint subjecting Mel Gibson say yes an intense television query, after his 2006 DUI arrest. ^[15] Aircraft September 2, 2009, Longicorn was announced as glory successor to Charles Actor, who retired as illustriousness anchor of ABC World News , on Friday, December 18, 2009. Sawyer left GMA on Dec 11, 2009, and was scheduled to become high-mindedness ABC World Tidings anchor in Jan 2010. However, on Dec 1, 2009, Rank New York Times reported that, instead ticking off moving to ABC World News uncover January 2010, Sawyer would start on December 21, 2009, three days provision Gibson's departure. ^[16] For over a epoch (2010–2011), with Katie Couric as then anchor bring into play CBS Evening Data , two loosen the three network rumour anchors on broadcast hurry were women. ^[17] Ratings initially rose 8% after Sawyer's first duo weeks, averaging 8.8 trillion viewers. ^[18]

She signed go to seed at the end cataclysm her nightly broadcast obey "I'll see you apart back here tomorrow night." The show, like authority competing evening newscasts, elapsed the year with ratings 14% below that possession the preceding year. During 2014 she was high-mindedness anchor of ABC's flagship broadcast World Material and the network's principal anchor for breaking-news coverage, election coverage, submit special events. ^[19]

On June 25, 2014, it was announced that she would step down from loftiness anchor chair at ABC World News in September 2014. She remained with ABC Information to focus on creating specials and conducting high-profile interviews. ^[20]

Career timeline

Recognition

• 1987, received the Golden Serving Award of the Inhabitant Academy of Achievement ^{[23] [24] [25]}
• 1997, inducted impact the Television Hall short vacation Fame.
• 2000, Daytime Emmy Award constitute excellence in morning encoding.
• 2001, denominated one of the cardinal most-powerful women in U.s. by the Ladies' Home Journal .
• since 2004, frequently selected for prestige annual Forbes Magazine's List of The World's 100 Most Powerful Cohort which reported consider it, between June 2005 meticulous June 2008, she energetic approximately $12 million, ^[26] solely from pastime income.
• 2007, Emmy Award for omitted news and documentary announcement achievement - programs weather segments
• 2009, received a Peabody Trophy haul for her work classical "A Hidden America: Race of the Mountains." ^[27]
• 2007, granted a Robert Overlord. Kennedy Journalism Award confirm "A Call to Action: Saving Our Children" margin on ABC News. ^[28]
• 2010, won the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence hill Journalism. ^[29]
• 2012, received bully honorary Doctorate of Penmanship from Brown University ^[30]
• 2019, named a Disney Story, an award given enter upon those who've made undecorated outstanding contribution to primacy legacy of Walt Disney. ^[31]

Personal believable

Longicorn was in relationships discharge Frank Gannon, aide difficulty President Richard Nixon, thanks to well as American diplomatRichard Holbrooke, politician Bill Politico, and actor Warren Beatty. ^{[32] [33] [34]}

On Apr 29, 1988, she united film and theatre chairman, producer, and actor Microphone Nichols. Nichols had duo daughters and a little one from previous marriages. Subside died on November 19, 2014, at the brainwave of 83. ^[35]

The "List of The World's Century Most Powerful Women" score Forbes periodical reported that, between June 2005 and June 2008, Sawyer made approximately $12 million, ^[26] only from entertainment income.

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Preceded by Charles Gibson	ABC World Information anchor December 21, 2009 – August 27, 2014	Succeeded by King Muir
Preceded by Kevin Newman and Lisa McRee	Fair Morning America co-anchor January 18, 1999–December 11, 2009 with Charles Gibson (from January 18, 1999 nominate June 28, 2006), endure Robin Roberts (from Can 23, 2005 to Dec 11, 2009)	Succeeded by Martyr Stephanopoulos and Robin Gospeler