16 Facts About Kathie Lee

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Kathryn Kathie Lee Gifford is an American television presenter, singer, songwriter, actress and author.

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Kathie Lee's is known for her 11-year run with Hoda Kotb, on the fourth hour of NBC's Today show .

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

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4.

Kathie Lee's occasionally appeared on the first three hours of Today and was a contributing NBC News correspondent.

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Kathie Lee married Paul Johnson, a composer, arranger, producer and publisher of Christian music, in 1976.

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6.

Kathie Lee has released studio music albums and several books.

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7.

Kathie Lee's was a correspondent and substitute anchor on ABC's Good Morning America in the early 1980s.

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8.

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

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9.

Kathie Lee's did a number of voice overs most notably as Echidna in the 1998 TV series Hercules and in Higglytown Heroes as the Mail Carrier Hero in 2004.

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

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11.

Kathie Lee's has written numerous autobiographical books, Just When I Thought I'd Dropped my Last Egg: Life and Other Calamities in 2010, The Rock, the Road and the Rabbi in March 2018, and It's Never Too Late: Make the Next Act of Your Life the Best Act of Your Life in 2020.

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12.

Kathie Lee'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.

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13.

Kathie Lee's regularly makes appearances at fund raisers and events for the child abuse prevention and treatment organization and is an ardent supporter.

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14.

Frank and Kathie Lee Gifford raised the money to build and continued to financially support two shelters in New York City for babies born with HIV, or a congenital crack cocaine addiction.

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15.

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

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16.

Fictionalized version of Kathie Lee Gifford appears in the South Park episode "Weight Gain 4000", voiced by Karri Turner.

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