Carole Simpson

Journalist

Birthday December 7, 1941

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace Illinois

Age 82 years old

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About

Broadcast journalist who became the first African-American woman to anchor a major network news show when she joined NBC News in 1974. In 1982, she began anchoring ABC's World News Tonight. 

Before Fame

After graduating from the University of Michigan, she worked for radio and television stations in Chicago, Illinois.

Trivia

Shortly after moderating a debate among presidential candidates Bill Clinton, George Bush, and Ross Perot, she won the 1992 Journalist of the Year Award from the National Association of Black Journalists.

Family Life

She married James Edward Marshall in 1966.

Associated With

Like Bob Young, she once anchored World News Tonight.