| Gayle King | |
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King at the 2010 Time 100 Gala. |
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| Born | December 28, 1954 Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States |
| Occupation | Magazine editor Morning news anchor |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Spouse | William G. Bumpus (1983-1993) (divorced) 2 children |
Gayle King (born December 28, 1954) is editor-at-large for O, The Oprah Magazine and the best friend of Oprah Winfrey. She has previously worked as a television news anchor and talk show host. King was also instrumental in the planning and creation of the Legends Weekend. On November 10, 2011, King secured a deal with CBS to host CBS This Morning, beginning on January 9, 2012. The program will replace The Early Show
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King was born in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Her father was an electrical engineer and her mother was a homemaker. As a result of her father's work, King spent several years of her childhood in Turkey, where she attended an American school.[1] The family later returned to Maryland. She graduated from the University of Maryland in 1976 with a double degree in psychology and sociology. King then moved to Kansas City, Missouri where she was a reporter and weekend anchor at WDAF-TV. In 1981, she was hired as a news anchor for WFSB in Hartford, Connecticut, where she worked for 18 years. In 1991, King briefly cohosted an NBC daytime talk show with Robin Wagner called Cover to Cover until it was canceled. She was married to Bill Bumpus, an attorney and an assistant attorney general in Connecticut, from 1982 to 1993[2]. In 1997 she was offered her own syndicated talk show The Gayle King Show, which was later canceled due to low ratings.
King joined O, The Oprah Magazine as an editor in 1999. She has also worked as a special correspondent for The Oprah Winfrey Show and Good Morning America. In September 2006, King began to host The Gayle King Show on XM Satellite Radio.
King was rumored to be considered as a replacement for both Star Jones Reynolds (in 2006)[3] and Rosie O'Donnell (in 2007)[4] as a host on The View, but neither of these came to fruition. King was also rumored to have been a potential replacement if co-host Elizabeth Hasselbeck had left The View in May 2009.
King began hosting a new show, also called The Gayle King Show, on OWN on Jauary 3, 2011.
On November 10, 2011, King secured a deal with CBS to host CBS This Morning, beginning on January 9, 2012. As a result, The Gayle King Show ended on November 17, 2011.[5]
King is the mother of two children. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland College Park.[6]
King is also friendly with Howard Stern, despite Stern's and Winfrey's criticisms of each other.[7] As of 2009, King lives in the same Manhattan building as Robin Quivers, Howard Stern's long-time sidekick.[8]