Richard M. Cohen Biography
Richard Merrill Cohen is an American journalist, television producer, and novelist. He previously worked as a senior producer for CBS News and CNN, and he periodically writes essays for The New York Times’ “Health and Fitness” section.
Richard M. Cohen Age
He was born Richard Merrill Cohen on 14 February 1948, in Plainview, New York, United States of America. He is 76 years old as of February 2024.
Richard M. Cohen Parents
Cohen is the son of Teresa (Beitzer) and Benjamin Cohen, a physician. He’s had multiple sclerosis since he was 25 years old. He has also had two bouts of colon cancer, in 1999 and 2000.
Richard M. Cohen Wife
On June 14, 1986, Cohen married television star Meredith Vieira (an NBC News Special Correspondent and former co-anchor of the Today Show). They live in Irvington, Westchester County, New York, with their three children. Gabe Cohen, their middle child, worked as a reporter at KHQ-TV in Spokane, Washington and KOMO-TV in Seattle, Washington, before joining CNN’s Washington, D.C. bureau.
Richard M. Cohen Career
Cohen has won numerous journalism awards. He’s a three-time Emmy-winning CBS News correspondent. He previously worked as a senior producer for CBS News and CNN, and he periodically writes essays for The New York Times’ “Health and Fitness” section. Cohen, who is legally blind, wrote an autobiography called Blindsided: Lifting a Life Above Illness: A Reluctant Memoir.
Cohen began working for The Washington Post in 1968 after graduating from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. As The Washington Post’s main Maryland correspondent, he was one of two reporters to break the story of former Vice President Spiro Agnew’s probe. He formerly covered national politics, city hall, and education.
In 1976, he started writing a local column that appeared on the top page of The Washington Post Metro section. Its success, as well as the attention of newspaper editors across the country, prompted The Washington Post Writers Group to syndicate it nationally in 1981. He worked as a copywriter for The New York Herald Tribune and a reporter for United Press International in New York.
Richard M. Cohen Net Worth
Cohen has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.