Joan Lunden has appeared on the Biography program and Biography Channel.
28 Facts About Joan Lunden
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In 2021, Joan Lunden became host of the public television program Second Opinion.
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Joan Lunden was born in Sacramento County, California, the daughter of Gladyce Lorraine and Dr Erle Murray Blunden, a physician.
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Joan Lunden earned a Liberal Arts degree from California State University, Sacramento.
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Joan Lunden was a visiting instructor at Montclair State College in New Jersey, where she taught a course in broadcast journalism.
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Joan Lunden began her broadcasting career in Sacramento, California, where she worked for Channel 3 and radio as co-anchor of the daily noon television news program.
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Joan Lunden produced the noon news broadcast and hosted KCRA's television specials.
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In 1975, Joan Lunden joined New York's WABC-TV Eyewitness News, at which time her name was changed to avoid being called "Blunder".
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Joan Lunden's popularity led to her quick promotion to co-host with David Hartman, the program's original host, in 1980.
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Joan Lunden reported from 26 countries, covered four presidents, five Olympic Games, and two royal weddings.
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Joan Lunden was one of only three American journalists to interview Prince Charles during his 1983 visit to the United States.
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Joan Lunden was known for her willingness to take risks in her role as host.
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Joan Lunden climbed and rappelled Alaska's famed Mendenhall Glacier and bungee-jumped off a 143-foot bridge and paraglided off a 2,000-foot mountain during the program's highly rated trip to New Zealand.
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Joan Lunden navigated the whitewater rapids of a Georgia river for a GMA show in 1994.
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Joan Lunden left GMA after 17 years as co-host with her last day being on September 5,1997.
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Joan Lunden has hosted Taking Care With Joan Lunden on Retirement Living TV.
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In 2014, Joan Lunden returned to morning television as a special correspondent for NBC's Today.
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In 2021, Joan Lunden took over as host of the public television program Second Opinion.
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Joan Lunden is currently the spokesperson for A Place for Mom, a national senior care referral service.
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Joan Lunden is a public speaker in breast cancer awareness advocacy.
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Joan Lunden has earned numerous honors and awards, including the Spirit of Achievement Award from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine; National Women's Political Caucus Award; New Jersey Division of Civil Rights Award; Baylor University Outstanding Woman of the Year; and the YWCA Outstanding Woman's Award.
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Joan Lunden has been a national spokesperson for Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Joan Lunden hosted ABC's broadcast of the Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, from 1989 to 1991, and from 1983 to 1996, she hosted the Walt Disney World Easter and Christmas Parades along with Alan Thicke and Regis Philbin.
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Joan Lunden is involved in various personal projects, such as her Camp Reveille, a summer weekend getaway for women of all ages in Naples, Maine.
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Joan Lunden is on the board of PassportMD, an online personal health record system that uses Microsoft HealthVault, which allows families to maintain and organize their family health records.
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On March 28,2016, it was announced that Joan Lunden would be presented the WWE's second annual Warrior Award at the 2016 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Saturday, April 2,2016.
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Joan Lunden married the owner of Camp Takajo, Jeff Konigsberg on April 18,2000.
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On Tuesday, June 24,2014, Joan Lunden revealed on Good Morning America that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.