Sue simmons biography
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The ‘Live!’ and times of TV’s legendary anchor Sue Simmons
WHAT A PAIR: Though Scarborough asked “who is this whipper-snapper?” when she started, the two ”became an old married couple.”
EARLY SHOW: Simmons was a rising star in at Baltimore’s WBAL, where the tenacious young correspondent learned to hang with a boys’ club of grizzled journalists — often joining them as the only woman at the office poker game. “I only have two pairs,” Simmons once told a colleague who had a full house. “But they’re both nines,” she added, laying down her winning four of a kind. (
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It was Valentine’s Day , and Sue Simmons had a mischievous twinkle in her eye. A fluffy feature had just aired about a man who made plastic food replicas in Chinatown, and there was a close-up of a fake salami hanging in his storefront window.
Not missing a beat, she turned to straight-laced co-anchor Jack Cafferty as the studio cameras rolled.
“Jack, can you get me one of those salamis for Valentine’s Day
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Where Are They Now? Looking Back at New York City TV&#;s Most Famous Anchors &#; Reporters
I just HAVE to know where some of the most iconic faces in New York are now.
New York's media landscape has been shaped bygd the anchors and reporters on TV for decades. We LOVE to see some of these faces on TV, but where are they after they leave the TV airwaves in the number one market in the country?
And, of course, in between reporting the news, these personalities (anchors and reporters) always seem to man headlines on and off-air themselves.
Some of the City's most iconic personalities have not been strangers to everything from on-air profanities to sex scandals and more.
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Sue Simmons
American retired news anchor
Sue Simmons | |
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| Born | () May 27, (age&#;82) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Television newsanchor, actress |
| Years&#;active | s–present |
| Known&#;for | WNBC-TV New York news anchor |
Sue Simmons (born May 27, )[1] is an American retired news anchor who was best known for being the lead female anchor at WNBC in New York City from to Her contract with WNBC expired in June and WNBC announced that it would not renew it. Her final broadcast was on June 15, , shortly after her 70th birthday.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Simmons grew up in the Manhattan neighborhood of Greenwich Village; her father was John Simmons, a jazz bassist whose contemporaries included Louis Armstrong, Art Tatum, John Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Lena Horne and Nat King Cole.[3]
She graduated from Julia Richman High School in and decided to work instead of going on to college.[citation needed]