19 Facts About Daryn Kagan

Daryn A Kagan was born on January 26,1963 and is an American broadcast journalist, formerly a news anchor for CNN.

From 1994 to 2006, Kagan served as an anchor and correspondent for CNN, in CNN's corporate headquarters of Atlanta, Georgia.

Daryn Kagan anchored CNN Live Today shown from 10am-12pm Eastern Time for eight years.

Daryn Kagan grew up in a secular Jewish family in Beverly Hills, California.

Daryn Kagan is a 1981 graduate of Beverly Hills High School where she ran cross-country, and a 1985 graduate of Stanford University.

Daryn Kagan was hired for an on-air job at a Santa Barbara television station, KEYT-TV.

Daryn Kagan went on to cover major sporting events including the Super Bowl, the NBA Playoffs, and international figure skating championships from Russia.

Daryn Kagan later moved to CNN's news division and became a main CNN news anchor and correspondent.

Daryn Kagan reported on-site from the Middle East during the second Gulf War and the Washington, DC sniper attack investigation.

Daryn Kagan traveled to Africa with musician Bono where she reported on AIDS and famine for all of the CNN networks.

Daryn Kagan is one of a handful of national news anchors who was on the air live during the terrorist attacks on the morning of September 11,2001.

Daryn Kagan reported throughout the day and, in later days, covered the unfolding story from CNN headquarters in Atlanta and from the network's Washington, DC bureau.

Daryn Kagan produced and narrated the film, which told the story of an American woman fighting for those living with leprosy in India.

Daryn Kagan is Jewish, and her great-grandfather was a Russian immigrant named Eiser Cohen who came to the United States through Ellis Island and settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Daryn Kagan's mother, Phyllis Kagan, is a breast cancer survivor who has appeared on CNN discussing the disease.

Daryn Kagan has a younger sister named Kallan, an executive at Arc Productions, and an older brother named Mark.

In September 2004, Daryn Kagan became romantically involved with radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, but they broke up in February 2006.

Daryn Kagan is married to Trent Swanson and is stepmother to his two daughters.

Daryn Kagan has adopted a three-legged cat, Tripod, and a dog, Darla Louise, from rescue shelters.