Rick Leventhal
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Rick Leventhal | |
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| Born | Richard Gary Leventhal January 24, 1960 Christian County,Kentucky,U.S. |
| Alma mater | American University |
| Occupation(s) | Senior Correspondent,Fox News Channel |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | Rick Leventhal's Biography on FoxNews.com |
Richard Gary Leventhal(born January 24, 1960) is an American reporter. He was a senior correspondent forFox News Channelfrom June 1997 to June 2021. Before joining Fox, he spent 10 years in local news, reporting and anchoring in markets includingColumbia, South Carolina;Spartanburg, South Carolina;West Palm Beach, Florida;Miami;Chicago;andNew York City.He is a graduate ofAmerican UniversityinWashington, D.C.,with a B.A. in broadcast journalism.
Career[edit]
Leventhal has been to war zones nearly two dozen times, including five trips toIraq,four toAfghanistan,eight toIsrael(including multiple journeys to the West Bank and Gaza), tours ofAlbania,andMacedoniaduring the war inKosovoand two trips toLibyain 2011. In 2003, Leventhal spent nine weeks inKuwaitandIraq,embedded with the United States Marine Corps' 3rd L.A.R., crossing the border and advancing to the outskirts of Baghdad, where he joined the Sinners and Saints of the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines. He was one of the first reporters on the scene at the World Trade Center during theSeptember 11 attacks,before the towers fell to the ground.[1]He traveled toBahrainand Afghanistan later that year, embedding with Marines at Camp Rhino and Kandahar Airport for the launch of the War on Terror.
More recently he provided live coverage of flooding in Louisiana, the killing ofOsama bin Ladenand the 10 year commemoration of the September 11 attacks. He spent significant time covering 2010's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and has been dispatched to numerous natural disasters over 24 years of reporting, riding out major hurricanes including Katrina, Rita, Andrew, and Hugo. He went toHaitifor the devastating earthquake in 2010 and to Vatican City to cover the death and funeral of Pope John Paul II and the selection of his successor and was live on scene for TheMiracle on the Hudsonand later,Captain "Sully" Sullenberger's return to flight. He also recently took a ride in an F-15 with theMassachusetts Air National Guard.
Biography[edit]
Leventhal is a younger son of Dr. Allan Leventhal, a retired psychologist in Silver Spring, Maryland, and Carol Leventhal, the retired director of Greenbelt Cares inGreenbelt, Maryland.He is second of three siblings. He has an older brother, Scott Leventhal (born 1958), and a sister, Leigh (born 1963). He completed his high school education inMontgomery Blair High Schoolin Silver Spring in 1978.
Personal life[edit]
Leventhal was married toPenny Daniels,who was on-air reporter forWSVN-TVin Miami andWFLD-TV in Chicago. He and Daniels are divorced. They have two daughters. Leventhal later eloped withBeth Shak;they were married on June 9, 2016 in Las Vegas.[2]Leventhal and Shak divorced in 2017. In 2020, Leventhal marriedKelly Dodd,star ofThe Real Housewives of Orange County.
References[edit]
- ^"Remembering 9/11: Incredible Raw Video Shows Rick Leventhal Interviewing Survivors at Ground Zero as North Tower Collapses".foxnewsinsider.com.Retrieved2011-09-10.
- ^Robin Leach (2016-06-15)."Rick Leventhal and Beth Shak's L.V. wedding is no longer a secret".LasVegasSun.com.Retrieved2017-04-08.
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- Living people
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- People from Prince George's County, Maryland
- People from Silver Spring, Maryland
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