Kelly Lange was born on Dorothy Scafard; December 14,1937 and is an American journalist, most notable for being the first woman to be a nightly news anchor in Los Angeles.
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Kelly Lange was born Dorothy Scafard in New York City and graduated from Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts.
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Kelly Lange moved to California in the mid-1960s to pursue a certification to be a school teacher.
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Kelly Lange started in March 1971 as a weather forecaster for KNBC's weeknight newscasts, and later appeared on Sunday, a weekly features program on the station which she co-hosted with Tom Snyder, Paul Moyer and Ralph Story.
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In December 1976 Kelly Lange was promoted to news anchor, and co-anchored KNBC's various weeknight news programs through December 1998 alongside Moyer, Jess Marlow, John Schubeck, Jack Perkins, John Beard, Keith Morrison, and Chuck Henry.
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TV Guide said Kelly Lange was the first local newscaster to be paid $1 million per year.
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Kelly Lange co-hosted NBC's network coverage of the Tournament of Roses Parade alongside Michael Landon; was the regular guest host of Tomorrow, with former KNBC colleague Tom Snyder; and a regular guest host of the Today show.
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Kelly Lange hosted the Grand Floral Parade of the Portland Rose Festival and won several Emmy Awards as well as serving as host of the primetime network broadcast ceremony.
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Kelly Lange began writing fiction and mysteries while still a news anchor, partially to relieve insomnia from working on the 11 pm newscast.
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In 1999, Kelly Lange returned to television and joined KCBS-TV to co-anchor the female-oriented newscast Women 2 Women alongside Catherine Anaya, Pamela Wright and former KABC-TV newscaster Ann Martin.
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Kelly Lange left broadcasting in 2001 and has since been a full-time mystery novelist.
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In 2010, Kelly Lange was presented with the Golden Mike's Lifetime Achievement Award by the Radio and Television News Association of Southern California.
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Kelly Lange was married to film director William Friedkin.
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Kelly Lange has one daughter, Kelly Snyder, and three grandchildren.