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Diane Sawyer

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Diane Sawyer

Lila Diane Sawyer (; born December 22, 1945) is an American television broadcast journalist known for anchoring major programs on two networks including ABC World News Tonight, Good Morning America, 20/20, and Primetime newsmagazine while at ABC News. During her tenure at CBS News, she hosted CBS Morning and was the first woman correspondent on 60 Minutes. Prior to her journalism career, she was a member of U.S. president Richard Nixon's White House staff and assisted in his post-presidency memoirs. Sawyer works for ABC News producing documentaries and interview specials.

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Born
Lila Diane Sawyer (1945-12-22) December 22, 1945 (age 79)Glasgow, Kentucky, U.S.
Alma mater
Wellesley College (BA)
Occupation
Television journalist
Years active
1962–present
Known for
Broadcast anchor of Good Morning America and ABC World News Tonight
Spouse
mw- Mike Nichols (m. 1988; died 2014)

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Preceded byCharles Gibson
Preceded byCharles Gibson
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Preceded byCharles Gibson
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ABC World News anchor December 21, 2009 – August 27, 2014
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Succeeded byDavid Muir
Preceded byKevin Newman and Lisa McRee
Preceded byKevin Newman and Lisa McRee
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Preceded byKevin Newman and Lisa McRee
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Good Morning America co-anchor January 18, 1999 – December 11, 2009with Charles Gibson (from January 18, 1999, to June 28, 2006),and Robin Roberts (from May 23, 2005, to December 11, 2009)
Media offices
Succeeded byGeorge Stephanopoulos and Robin Roberts
Media offices
Preceded byCharles Gibson
ABC World News anchor December 21, 2009 – August 27, 2014
Succeeded byDavid Muir
Preceded byKevin Newman and Lisa McRee
Good Morning America co-anchor January 18, 1999 – December 11, 2009with Charles Gibson (from January 18, 1999, to June 28, 2006),and Robin Roberts (from May 23, 2005, to December 11, 2009)
Succeeded byGeorge Stephanopoulos and Robin Roberts

References

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    https://abcnews.go.com/WN/DianeSawyer/diane-sawyers-biography/story?id=9380180
  2. Courier-Journal
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  3. ABC News
    https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2626364&page=1
  4. "Classmates"
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  7. Wellesley College
    http://www.wellesley.edu/alumnae/awards/achievementawards/allrecipients/diane-sawyer-67
  8. Diane Sawyer. (1994). In Newsmakers. Retrieved from http://ic.galegroup.com Archived March 25, 2018, at the Wayback Mach
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  9. The Wars of Watergate: The Last Crisis of Richard Nixon
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  16. "Sawyer to Take Over as Anchor of ABC Evening News"
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  18. "Diane Sawyer to Step Down as 'World News' Anchor"
    https://abcnews.go.com/US/diane-sawyer-step-world-news-anchor/story?id=24295283
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  21. www.achievement.org
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  22. The Arizona Republic
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  23. "Gen. Colin Powell Interview Photo"
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  24. Forbes.com
    https://web.archive.org/web/20060813131210/http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/53/AU0O.html
  25. "A Hidden America: Children of the Mountains"
    https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/a-hidden-america-children-of-the-mountains/
  26. Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award#2013
  27. "Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20190320212556/https://cronkite.asu.edu/about/walter-cronkite-and-asu/walter-cronkite-award
  28. "Simmons among nine honorary degree recipients"
    https://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2012/05/hdcitations#Sawyer
  29. "Meet the 2019 Disney Legends to be Honored at D23 Expo"
    https://d23.com/2019-disney-legends/
  30. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/pmextra/dec99/13/bradley.htm
  31. 60 Minutes
    https://web.archive.org/web/20161003093607/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20089065,00.html
  32. Turner Classic Movies
    https://web.archive.org/web/20241009231501/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/1391757%7C0/Diane-Sawyer#family-companions
  33. People
    https://people.com/celebrity/inside-diane-sawyer-and-mike-nicholss-longtime-romance/
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