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11 Facts About Rob Stafford

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Rob Stafford was born on December 15,1958 and is a former Chicago television anchor and a former correspondent for NBC's Dateline NBC newsmagazine.

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Rob Stafford then became a morning news anchor and an investigative reporter at WFTV-TV in Orlando, Florida.

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Rob Stafford's work exposed significant security breaches for tourists and ultimately resulted in a grand jury investigation.

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In September 1992, Rob Stafford joined WBBM-TV in Chicago as a general assignment reporter.

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Rob Stafford left WBBM in 1996 to join NBC's Dateline NBC newsmagazine show, where he worked as a Chicago-based correspondent for the newsmagazine program for almost 11 years.

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Rob Stafford was removed from Dateline NBC in 2006 in a cost-cutting move.

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Rob Stafford won the Edward R Murrow award in 2000 for his Dateline investigation into racial profiling.

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Rob Stafford and his wife, Lisa and their daughter Addy, who is an actress, live in Hinsdale, Illinois.

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Rob Stafford was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder, amyloidosis in 2017.

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Rob Stafford's doctors diagnosed it early, and Stafford will undergo a bone marrow transplant and chemotherapy.

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At that time, Rob Stafford lived in Hinsdale and belonged to a sports club in Burr Ridge, the company's sterilization process was found to have resulted in ethylene oxide emission, causing exposure in portions of Burr Ridge and Hinsdale.