Rick Leventhal Biography
Rick Leventhal is a journalist from the United States working as a senior correspondent for Fox News Channel in New York City. He spent ten years in local news, reporting and anchoring in markets such as Columbia, South Carolina, Spartanburg, South Carolina, West Palm Beach, Florida, Miami, Chicago, and New York City before joining Fox.
How old is Rick Leventhal? – Age
He is 61 years old as of January 2021. He was born Richard Gary Leventhal in Christian County, Kentucky, United States.
Rick Leventhal Family
He is the last born child of three children born to Dr. Allan Leventhal, a retired psychologist in Silver Spring, Maryland, and Carol Leventhal, the retired director of Greenbelt Cares. Scott Leventhal, his older brother, was born in 1958, and Leigh, his younger sister, was born in 1963. In 1978, he graduated from Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Who is Rick Leventhal’s ex-wife? – Wife
He has been married thrice. He first married Penny Daniels, an on-air reporter for WSVN-TV in Miami and WFLD-TV in Chicago. Leventhal married Beth Shak on June 9, 2016, in Las Vegas, after eloping. After nine months of marriage, Beth Shak filed for divorce in April 2017. On November 13, 2019, he proposed to Kelly Dodd of The Real Housewives of Orange County after a brief courtship. They wedded on October 10, 2020.
Who are Rick’s daughters? – Children
He has two children from his marriage with Penny; Veronica Leventhal, an activist, advocate, and social worker, was born in 1991, and Shoshana Leventhal, a vegan who studies music, philosophy, and women’s studies at Goucher College, was born in 1996.
How much money does Rick Leventhal make? -Net Worth
His salary is not known. He has an estimated net worth of $3 million.
What does Rick Leventhal do for a living? – Career
Leventhal has visited nearly two dozen war zones, including five trips to Iraq, four trips to Afghanistan, eight trips to Israel, including multiple trips to the West Bank and Gaza, tours of Albania and Macedonia during the Kosovo War, and two trips to Libya in 2011. In 2003, Leventhal spent nine weeks in Kuwait and Iraq with the US Marine Corps’ 3rd L.A.R., crossing the border and advancing to Baghdad’s outskirts, where he joined the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines’ Sinners and Saints. He was one of the first reporters on the scene at the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks, and he was one of the first to go live before the towers collapsed.
Later that year, he went to Bahrain and Afghanistan, where he joined Marines at Camp Rhino and Kandahar Airport for the start of the War on Terror. He recently provided live coverage of flooding in Louisiana, Osama bin Laden’s assassination, and the ten-year anniversary of the September 11 attacks. During his 24 years of reporting, he spent a significant amount of time covering the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill and has been dispatched to numerous natural disasters, including Katrina, Rita, Andrew, and Hugo.
He covered the devastating earthquake in Haiti in 2010 and the death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, as well as the selection of his successor, in Vatican City. He also covered The Miracle on the Hudson and Captain “Sully” Sullenberger’s return to flight. He also recently flew with the Massachusetts Air National Guard in an F-15.
