Profile
Kathleen Sullivan
Anchor + Reporter + Sports Person
Female
Born
May 17, 1953
Age
60
Kathleen Sullivan is an American television journalist. Sullivan was one of a small group of anchors and reporters which launched CNN, which led to the 24-hour news cycle of the cable news broadcast within the field of journalism. Her career has been… Read More
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Powderhorn Community Pitches In To Paint Mural Twin Cities PlanetGoogle News - Aug 29, 2011
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High School Volleyball Roundup: Coronado Tops Frenship For Tournament Title Lubbock Online.ComGoogle News - Aug 28, 2011
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South Bay Conservatory To Hold 'Sweeney Todd School Edition' Auditions Daily BreezeGoogle News - Aug 18, 2011
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1953
Birth
Born on May 17, 1953.
TWENTIES
1980
27 Years Old
She became the first American woman to broadcast live from the Soviet Union when she went there to interview Russian cosmonauts for the Soviet Pre-Olympic festival. In 1980, Sullivan helped Ted Turner create the Cable News Network, also known as CNN.
1982
29 Years Old
Moving to ABC News, she debuted ABC News This Morning with co-anchor Steve Bell in 1982, substituted for co-host Joan Lunden on Good Morning America, anchored ABC World News Saturday, and started the first national-network health program, The Health Show.
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THIRTIES
1984
31 Years Old
She was an in-studio anchor for ABC's coverage of the Olympics during the 1984 Winter Olympics, held in Sarajevo, and later that year during the 1984 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles, California.
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1987
34 Years Old
Sullivan was the only American journalist invited by U.S. President Ronald Reagan to a 1987 White House state dinner honoring Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and celebrating the end of the Cold War.
1989
36 Years Old
Her reporting in 1989 on Hurricane Hugo in South Carolina won her and CBS News an Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Coverage of a Breaking News Event.
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FORTIES
1995
42 Years Old
Sullivan received an Emmy nomination for Best Sportscaster - a first for a woman - and received two Emmy nominations for her work as anchor of E! Entertainment's E! News Daily, which she hosted after anchoring full-time coverage of the 1995 O.J. Simpson murder trial.
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