Katie Couric

Katherine Anne Couric, better known as Katie Couric (born January 7, 1957) is an American journalist and media personality. She was born in Arlington, Virginia to an Episcopalian father and a Jewish mother. She refers to herself as of medium height in spite of being 5' 1".

Personal life

She married Jay Monahan in 1989, joining NBC news the same year as Pentagon correspondent. Couric had her first daughter, Elinor Tully Monahan, in 1991, and her second daughter, Caroline, was born in 1996.

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Jay Monahan - 1989 - NBC - 1996

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Her sister, Virginia Democratic politician, Emily Couric, died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 54 in 2001 after a grueling battle with the disease. Couric was very close to her sister and gave a touching eulogy at the funeral. She pointed out how it irritated Emily when people asked her if she was Katie Couric's sister. Katie told the mourners "I just want you to know I will always be proud to say "I am Emily Couric's sister".

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Pancreatic cancer - 2001

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Celebrity news, such as People http://people.aol.com/people/articles/0,19736,768761,00.html, reported that she dated smooth jazz trumpeter Chris Botti, but they reportedly broke up in February 2005.

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People - Smooth jazz - Chris Botti - February - 2005

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She was previously and has intermittently since been linked with multi-millionaire TV producer, Tom Werner, whose home base of California has proved problematic for the New York-based Couric.

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California - New York

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