Lynne Russell Biography
Lynne Russell is an author and journalist from the United States. She was the first woman to solo anchor a prime time network nightly newscast when she hosted CNN Headline News from 1983 to 2001, and she also co-hosted CNN’s The Week in Review with Bob Cain for six years.
How old is Lynne Russell? – Age
She is 78 years old as of December 1, 2023. She was born in 1946 in the City of Orange, New Jersey, United States.
Lynne Russell Family – Education
Russell was born in the United States and raised as the daughter of a US Army officer. Russell attended Manzano High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and graduated with honors. Russell earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Colorado.
Lynne Russell Husband
She and her husband, Chuck de Caro. De Caro, who worked as a special assignments correspondent for CNN in the mid-1980s.
Lynne Russell Career
Russell spent more than a decade as the prime-time weekday evening anchor on HEADLINE NEWS, CNN’s sister network that broadcasts 24-hour news programming in half-hour segments. She previously worked for CNN for six years as a co-host of THE WEEK IN REVIEW with Bob Cain.
Russell received the first “Jandoli School of Journalism Award for Excellence in Responsible Journalism” from St. Bonaventure University in 1993. Russell anchored the evening news on KENS-TV in San Antonio, where she also worked as an investigative and courthouse reporter, before joining HEADLINE NEWS in 1983. After a year as a news anchor and military correspondent for KHON-TV in Honolulu, she joined KENS-TV in 1980.
Russell worked as an anchor and reporter for WTLV-TV in Jacksonville, Florida from 1978 to 1979. She was also the Program Director, anchor, and host of a four-hour weekday morning news and interview program at WKAT-TALKRADIO in Miami from 1971 to 1978. Russell is a licensed private investigator who works about 10 hours a week as a detective. She’s also a first-degree black belt in Choi Kwang-Do, a bodyguard for visiting movie stars and celebrities, and a Reserve Deputy Sheriff for Fulton County. How to Win Friends, Kick-Ass, and Influence People is her first book.
Lynne Russell Net Worth
Lynne has an estimated net worth of $2 million.