Lisa Howard (news personality)
American actress and network television news reporter/anchor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lisa Howard (née Dorothy Jean Guggenheim, April 24, 1926 – July 4, 1965) was an American journalist, writer, and television news anchor who previously had a career as an off-Broadway and soap opera actress. In the early 1960s, she became ABC News's first woman reporter, and was the first woman to have her own national network television news show. Howard developed a relationship with Cuba's Fidel Castro, whom she met to interview, and was a go-between for a time between Castro and the American White House. Her network career ended when she became openly involved in the 1964 United States Senate election in New York. In 1965, Howard suffered a miscarriage and depression, dying of an overdose of painkillers.[1]
Lisa Howard | |
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Born | Dorothy Jean Guggenheim (1926-04-24)April 24, 1926 Cambridge, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | July 4, 1965(1965-07-04) (aged 39) East Hampton, Long Island, New York, U.S. |
Alma mater | Miami University |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, actress |
Years active | 17 |
Spouse(s) | Felix E. Feist (divorced) Walter Lowendahl |
Children | 2 |