Dan Rather Biography
Dan Rather is a well-known American journalist and former national evening news anchor. In September 1961, he became a widely known person after his reporting saved thousands of lives during Hurricane Carla.
Dan Rather Age
Dan Rather was born in Wharton, Texas, the United States on October 31, 1931. He is 92 years old
Dan Rather Height
Dan stands at a moderate height of 5 feet 11 inches/Approximately 1.8 m.
Dan Rather Education
Dan studied at Lovett Elementary School and Hamilton Middle School. Then he studied and graduated from John H. Reagan High School in Houston in 1950. After he studied and graduated from Sam Houston State Teachers College in Huntsville and received a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1953, during his time here he worked at the school newspaper, The Houstonian as the editor.
Dan Rather Family
Dan’s parents are Daniel Irvin Rather Sr. and Byrl Veda Page. He has a sister named Patricia Rather and a brother named Donald Eugene Rather.
Dan Rather Wife
Rather is happily married to Jean Grace Goebel. They exchanged vows on April 21, 1957. Together they have two kids Danjack Rather and Robin Rather.
Dan Rather Salary
At the end of his career, he earned an annual salary of $6 million.
Dan Rather’s Net Worth
Rather has an accumulated net worth of $70 million.
Dan Rather Career
Rather has been working on The Big Interview with Dan Rather on the cable channel AXS TV as a host since 2013. He leads long-form interviews with influential figures in music and other entertainers such as Sammy Hagar, Simon Cowell, Quentin Tarantino, Aaron Sorkin, and John Fogerty.
He commenced an independent production company called News and Guts Media, through which he produced The Big Interview among other projects in 2015.
He was promoted to a news anchor for the CBS Evening News in 1981, he worked there for 24 years. Together with Peter Jennings at ABC News and Tom Brokaw at NBC News, he was one of the “Big Three” nightly news anchors in the U.S. Furthermore, he frequently contributed to CBS’s weekly news magazine, 60 Minutes.
Dan studied at Lovett Elementary School and Hamilton Middle School. Then he studied and graduated from John H. Reagan High School in Houston in 1950. After he studied and graduated from Sam Houston State Teachers College in Huntsville and received a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1953, during his time here he worked at the school newspaper, The Houstonian as the editor.
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