Just how old is Diane Rehm?
It has been brought to my attention that Diane Rehm is old. I leave NPR on all night, so when I wake up in the morning, aside from the voice of Terry Gross, Rehm's is the other one I hear, and frankly, its beginning to frighten me. I had to find out her story.
In 1973 when she first started at NPR she was 37, so it being 33 years later, that makes her 70.
(spadink!)
Just for a briefing on her life, in 1998, her career nearly came to a halt because of a mysterious speech problem. She took a leave of absence from her show (The Diane Rehm show, for the oblivious) and saw a series of specialists before she was diagnosed and treated for spasmodic dysphonia,a neurological disorder. Not one to be defeated, she returned to the show and made a point of bringing attention to the condition. In 2000, she interviewed President Bill Clinton and became the first radio talk show host to interview a sitting President in the Oval Office.
RESPECT.
In 1973 when she first started at NPR she was 37, so it being 33 years later, that makes her 70.
(spadink!)
Just for a briefing on her life, in 1998, her career nearly came to a halt because of a mysterious speech problem. She took a leave of absence from her show (The Diane Rehm show, for the oblivious) and saw a series of specialists before she was diagnosed and treated for spasmodic dysphonia,a neurological disorder. Not one to be defeated, she returned to the show and made a point of bringing attention to the condition. In 2000, she interviewed President Bill Clinton and became the first radio talk show host to interview a sitting President in the Oval Office.
RESPECT.
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I kind of feel bad for imitating her voice now. You know they say ignorance is bliss and you have shattered my ignorance.
Thanks nonetheless. A little learning never hurt anyone.
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