Celebrity Biographies
Connie Chung Biography
Date of Birth: | 1946, August 20 |
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Years: | 74 years |
Nation of birth: | United States of America |
Height: | 5 feet 5 inches |
Name | Connie Chung |
birth name | Constance Yu-Hwa Chung Povich |
Dad | William Ling Chung |
Nationality | American |
Place of birth / city | Washington DC. |
ethnicity | Chinese descent |
Profession | Journalist |
Working for | CBS |
Net worth | $15 million |
eye color | Dark brown |
Hair color | Black |
weight in kg | 52 KILOGRAMS |
Married | Yes |
Married to | Maury Povich (d. 1984) |
Kids | Matthew Jay Povich |
Divorce | Not yet |
Education | University of Maryland |
Awards | Emmy Award 2000 |
online presence | Facebook, Twitter, Lifestyle, Instagram |
tv show | CBS Evening News |
Brothers | Josephine Chen |
A talented, experienced and reputable news anchor, reporter and journalist, Connie Chung has been active in broadcast journalism since 1972. She has worked for various news channels and has served as an anchor and reporter for news channels such as CBS. , ABC, NBC, CNN and MSNBC. She gained her fame through various interviews that she did to celebrities. In addition, he was also popular for his coverage of the affairs and affairs that were going on at the time, including the interview of Claus von Bulow and US Representative Gary Condit, which he took right after the disappearance of Chandra Levy, the interview of basketball legend ‘Magic’ Johnson, after he went public about being infected with HIV.
Early life and education of journalist Connie Chung
Connie Chung was born the youngest of five children to parents William Ling Chung and Margaret Ma in Washington DC on August 20, 1946. She was born less than a year after her parents immigrated to the United States from China with her four siblings. At the time of the migration, Chung’s father was serving as an intelligence officer in the Chinese Nationalist government.
In the early ’90s, she announced that she was reducing her work pressure in hopes of getting pregnant. However, the couple did not have a child together, instead she adopted a son, Matthew Jay Povich on June 20, 1995, she named Matthew Jay Povich. He attended Allen-Stevenson School and Riverdale Country School.