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Linda Yu Biography

Linda Yu

Facts of Linda Yu

Date of Birth: 1946 , December-1
Birth Nation: United States

Quick Timeline of Linda Yu

1946 Born on 1946
1968 Graduated in 1968
1970 Started working from 1970
1984 Co-anchor in WLS-TV
1982 Got married with Dr. Richard
1996 Divorce on 1996
2016 Retired from Profession on 2016

Detail Timeline of Linda Yu

December 1 , 1946

Born on 1946

Yu was born in Xian, China on December 1, 1946. She moved to Hong Kong with her family in her early age and later to migrated to the United States in 1951. Even in the United States , she lived in different states as her family moved from one state to another before they settled in California.

1968

Graduated in 1968

She completed her graduation from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism in 1968. She was interested in Journalism since her childhood days. Later, she became successful in the field of her interest.

1970

Started working from 1970

To pursue her career, she started working for KTLA-TV in Los Angeles as a writer and producer. After gaining work experience for few years she joined KGO-TV in San Franciso and worked there as a general assignment reporter and back-up anchor. 

1984

Co-anchor in WLS-TV

 After working for more than ten years as writer, producer and backup anchor, she joined  WLS-TV station in 1984 and started to worked as co-anchor. She co-anchored in the station’s 4 PM newscast along with Joel Daly.

June 12 , 1982

Got married with Dr. Richard

Linda is married to her longtime boyfriend, Dr. Richard Baer. She is married on June 12, 1982, at Saint James Cathedral in Chicago. The couple has two children: a son, Ricky, born in 1985 and a daughter, Francesca, born in 1988. 

1996

Divorce on 1996

 

After spending fourteen years of togetherness, the couple separated in 1996. It was because of some misunderstanding between them. Her daughter  Francesca is growing actress in Bollywood. She is now living with her children in Loss Angles.

November 23 , 2016

Retired from Profession on 2016

After spending more than  37 years of her profession life on television, she got retired on 2016. Her last proferssional life with Chicago TV  was on ended on  November 23, 2016. After her retirement, she is spending her retired life by writing a book and living with her children.

 

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This hard working lady worked as a writer and producer in Los Angels and also served as a general assignment reporter and back–up anchor in San Francisco. Before working as a news anchor for WLS-TV in Chicago she worked as co-anchor on different other news channels. She left a good impression on her co-workers and seniors everywhere she worked.

She is married to Dr. Richard Baer, a psychiatrist. She started dating with her boyfriend, Richard, from the early days of college life and finally became a life partner. After spending fourteen years of happy married life with two children the couple divorced because of their misunderstandings.

Her current approximated net worth is expected to be around $5 million and she was reported to be paid over $800 thousand as an annual salary from her broadcasting career, before retirement. She is still making a good amount of money as an author and is living high standard life in Chicago with her children.