Elizabeth Vargas is a news anchor for NewsNation, where she hosts Elizabeth Vargas Reports currently based in New York City.
32 Facts About Elizabeth Vargas
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In 2006 Vargas was co-anchor of World News Tonight alongside ABC News journalist Bob Woodruff.
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Elizabeth Anne Vargas was born in Paterson, New Jersey, the daughter of an Italian-Spanish father, Rafael "Ralf" Vargas, a colonel in the US Army from Puerto Rico, and an Irish-American mother, Anne Vargas, a part-time English teacher.
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Elizabeth Vargas has two siblings, Amy and Christopher, who both work in tech in Silicon Valley.
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Elizabeth Vargas's father was a US army captain and moved the family to Okinawa when she was four years old.
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Elizabeth Vargas then spent much of her youth moving from post to post in Germany, Belgium, and the United States.
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Elizabeth Vargas graduated from an American high school in Heidelberg, where she realized her passion for journalism.
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Elizabeth Vargas enrolled at the University of Missouri in Columbia in 1980 and graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1984, having served as a student reporter at KOMU-TV and a student editor at KBIA.
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Elizabeth Vargas could do interviews, and do hour-long specials that make you think, and then she'll do a great interview with P Diddy.
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In 1993, Elizabeth Vargas joined NBC News as a correspondent for Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric.
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Elizabeth Vargas later became a correspondent mainly for Dateline NBC, and served as a substitute anchor for Today and the weekend editions of NBC Nightly News.
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Elizabeth Vargas was named anchor of World News Tonight Saturday and presented with the opportunity to develop specials for Primetime.
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In November 2003, Elizabeth Vargas became anchor of World News Tonight Sunday.
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Elizabeth Vargas was the first national evening news anchor of Puerto Rican and Irish-American heritage and the third female anchor of a network evening newscast in the US since Connie Chung and Barbara Walters.
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Elizabeth Vargas is said to be "particularly proud" of an ABC special report in which she questioned why the Laci Peterson case merited more attention than two other similar cases, one involving a black woman and the other involving a Hispanic woman.
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Elizabeth Vargas stated that for centuries Mary Magdalene has been portrayed as a prostitute by the church despite evidence to the contrary.
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Elizabeth Vargas went on to question the limited role of women within the Catholic church.
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Elizabeth Vargas anchored many broadcasts alone after Woodruff's injury in Iraq in January 2006.
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Elizabeth Vargas co-anchored World News Tonight with either Charles Gibson or Diane Sawyer.
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On May 23,2006, Elizabeth Vargas announced her resignation from World News Tonight.
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In 2008, Elizabeth Vargas hosted Elvis: Viva Las Vegas, a documentary that explored Elvis Presley's triumph in Las Vegas and his artistic legacy, and featured performances and interviews with various stars, including Paul McCartney, Beyonce, Dwayne Johnson, Faith Hill, David Lynch, Jon Bon Jovi, Celine Dion, and Priscilla Presley.
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On September 19,2022, Elizabeth Vargas guest anchored NewsNation Prime during the week until September 23,2022.
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Elizabeth Vargas has explained that despite her multi-ethnic heritage, she identifies with her Hispanic roots.
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Elizabeth Vargas is fluent in English and Spanish and proficient in French.
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On July 20,2002, Elizabeth Vargas married singer-songwriter Marc Cohn after three years of dating.
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Elizabeth Vargas has two stepchildren, Max and Emily, from Cohn's first marriage.
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Elizabeth Vargas was introduced to Transcendental Meditation in 2014 by fellow ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos.
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Elizabeth Vargas's struggle culminated during a family vacation in 2012 when she realized she needed help.
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On November 6,2013, ABC confirmed a New York Daily News story that Elizabeth Vargas was undergoing treatment for alcoholism.
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Elizabeth Vargas underwent rehabilitation for alcoholism in 2014 for a third time shortly before she and Marc Cohn divorced.
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In 2018, NBC News reported that Elizabeth Vargas had been sober since 2014.
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In 2016, Elizabeth Vargas wrote a memoir, Between Breaths: A Memoir of Panic and Addiction.