27 Facts About Kathie Lee Gifford

1. Kathie Lee Gifford said she initially expected to spend only a year on the broadcast, but "fell in love" with co-host Hoda Kotb and decided to stick around.

2. Kathie Lee Gifford is set to exit NBC's "Today" show after more than 10 years as its co-host.

3. Kathie Lee Gifford said she initially expected to spend only a year on the broadcast, but "fell in love" with co-host Hoda Kotb and decided to stick around.

4. Kathie Lee Gifford made the announcement Tuesday morning in an emotional goodbye to her colleagues and her fans.

5. Kathie Lee Gifford is set to exit NBC's "Today" show after more than 10 years as its co-host.

6. Kathie Lee Gifford plays a recently widowed woman who has an active lifestyle.

7. Kathie Lee Gifford is a young talented, beautiful actress with superb body measurements.

8. Kathie Lee Gifford is currently 64 according to her birthdate August 16, 1953.

9. Kathie Lee Gifford simultaneously began to work on her own, more secular career.

10. Kathie Lee Gifford agreed and spent a disillusioning year babysitting, doing secretarial work and occasionally singing in Southern Baptist churches.

11. Kathie Lee Gifford is a mom of two children, Cody and Cassidy Gifford.

12. Kathie Lee Gifford prefers to have Quaker Oats oatmeal with a spoon of honey for her breakfast, which gives her an excellent and healthy start to the day.

13. Kathie Lee Gifford lives in a classy and elegant house in Greenwich, Connecticut.

14. Kathie Lee Gifford co-hosted the show for 15 consecutive years till 2000.

15. Kathie Lee Gifford went to Bowie High School where she performed as a singer in a folk group called Pennsylvania Next Right.

16. Kathie Lee Gifford was born in Paris, France on August 16, 1953.

17. Kathie Lee Gifford's appeared with President Bill Clinton at the White House in support of the government's initiatives to counter international sweatshop abuses.

18. Kathie Lee Gifford is currently working on a musical adaptation of It's a Wonderful Life with John McDaniel; McDaniel is composing music while Gifford is writing lyrics.

19. Kathie Lee Gifford's contributed a number of musical numbers to Hats, and wrote and produced Under The Bridge, based upon the children's book The Family Under The Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson.

20. Kathie Lee Gifford's has written a number of children's books.

21. Kathie Lee Gifford's has written two autobiographical books, Just When I Thought I'd Dropped my Last Egg: Life and Other Calamities in 2010 and The Rock, the Road and the Rabbi to be released in early 2018.

22. Kathie Lee Gifford's played the role of Miss Hannigan in a concert performance of Annie at Madison Square Garden in December 2006.

23. Kathie Lee Gifford's appeared as a spokesperson for Slim Fast diet shakes after her son Cody was born.

24. Kathie Lee Gifford's occasionally appears on the first three hours of Today and is a contributing NBC News correspondent.

25. Kathie Lee Gifford's has received 11 Daytime Emmy nominations and won her first Daytime Emmy in 2010 as part of the Today team.

26. Kathie Lee Gifford stars in this tale inspired by Squire Rushnell's God Winks books.

27. Kathie Lee Gifford is a celebrity ambassador for the non-profit organization Childhelp.