Born January 29, 1954· Kosciusko, Mississippi, USA
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Raised in rural Mississippi poverty and later in Milwaukee’s inner city, she entered broadcasting while still in high school, secured a radio position, and by nineteen was co-anchoring the local evening news before transitioning to daytime talk shows, where her emotive style lifted a struggling Chicago program to the top of the ratings and led her to found her own production company.
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