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Date of Birth: 1946 , August-20
Birth Nation: United States
Name Connie Chung
Birth Name Constance Yu-Hwa Chung Povich
Father William Ling Chung
Nationality American
Birth Place/City Washington, D.C.
Ethnicity White Ethnicity
Profession Journalist
Working For CBS
Net Worth $ 15 Milion
Eye Color Dark-Brown
Hair Color Black
Weight in KG 52 KG
Married Yes
Married to Maury Povich (m. 1984)
Children Matthew Jay Povich
Divorce Not Yet
Education University of Maryland
Awards Emmy Award 2000
Online Presence Facebook, Twitter, Wiki, Instagram
TV Show CBS Evening News
Siblings Josephine Chen

Quick Timeline of Connie Chung

1946 Born in Washington, District of Columbia
1969 Received degree in journalism
1984 Married to Maury Povich
1968 Met her future husband, Maury Povich
1995 Adopted Son Matthew Jay Povich
2000 News & Documentary Emmy Award
1976 Began working at local CBS

Detail Timeline of Connie Chung

August 20 , 1946

Born in Washington, District of Columbia

She was born in a middle class family. She is the youngest among her parent's ten children. Five of the eldest sisters died in China long time ago and now she only has four sisters left. Her parents immigrated from china to USA and she was born a year after they came to USA.

1969

Received degree in journalism

After being graduated from Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, she attended University of Maryland and received her journalism degree from that University in 1969. After completing her education, she started working as a reporter.

December 2 , 1984

Married to Maury Povich

After being in relation with Maury povich for more than a decade, they finally married on December 2, 1984. They together have one children. They are happily living together till date and there is not any rumore about their divorce.

1968

Met her future husband, Maury Povich

It was 1968, when she first met her her future husband, Maury Povich. She met him at the local TV station in Washington, D.C. (WTTN). There she was a secretary and he was an anchorman. She once said I was just going at with my career - boom, boom, boom! Then all of a sudden, at 38, Oh, my God - I forgot to get married!

1995

Adopted Son Matthew Jay Povich

Connie and Maury got married in 1984. Within ten years, they didn't have any children. Then in 1995, they adopted their Son, Matthew Jay Povich. They don't have any children than him. They are living happily together.

2000

News & Documentary Emmy Award

For her impressive work, in 2000 she was honored by News & Documentary Emmy Awards for Outstanding News and Documentary Program Achievement - Programs & Segments ABC: 2000 The Millennium (1999).She shared these awards with others.

1976

Began working at local CBS

She worked and lived in Los Angeles from the year 1976 to 1983. There she worked as the lead news anchor for local CBS affiliate KCBS. It was there, where she began a relationship with Maury Povich, a talk show host and old friend from their days as co-workers at WTTG. 

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Connie is a married woman. She married Maury Povich, who is an American television presenter, best known for hosting the tabloid talk show Maury on 2 December 1984. They together have one child.

They are happily living to date. She is not rumored to be dating any other boyfriend, it seems like she is devoted to her husband. She was honored with a teaching fellowship at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

She began her career at local CBS affiliate KCBS, where she was the lead news anchor; She worked there for about eight years. She first met her future husband in 1968 at the local TV station in Washington, D.C. (WTTN), where she was a secretary and he was an anchorman.

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She frequently uses Facebook and Twitter. She is earning a huge salary from her career but her actual real-time net worth is unknown.

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