Matt Lauer
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12/29/1957
New York, NY |
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| After working at numerous TV stations throughout the 1980s and '90s, was hired as a news anchor for NBC's Today; in 1997, succeeded Bryant Gumbel as its coanchor. |
| Began his broadcast journalism career at WOWK-TV, in Huntington, WV, as a news producer. |
| In 1979 left Ohio University four credits short of graduation; some 18 years later, was awarded his undergraduate degree and delivered the school's commencement address. |
| Has won two Daytime Emmy Awards. |
