Joan Lunden (born September 19, 1950) is an American television personality. She was the co-host of ABC's Good Morning America (GMA) from 1980 through 1997. She joined GMA in the fall of 1976 as a feature news/consumer reporter, and later became fill in co-host as former co-host Sandy Hill left to work on coverage of the Winter Olympics. Lunden's popularity with viewers led to her quick promotion to co-host with David Hartman, the program's origi...
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Joan Lunden (born September 19, 1950) is an American television personality. She was the co-host of ABC's Good Morning America (GMA) from 1980 through 1997. She joined GMA in the fall of 1976 as a feature news/consumer reporter, and later became fill in co-host as former co-host Sandy Hill left to work on coverage of the Winter Olympics. Lunden's popularity with viewers led to her quick promotion to co-host with David Hartman, the program's original host. Later she would spend the majority of her career hosting with ABC's Charlie Gibson. An Entertainment Weekly national viewer poll named her "television's favorite morning anchor" during her years at GMA.
She reported from 26 countries, covered four presidents, five Olympic Games, and two royal weddings. Her popularity on the GMA program from the 1970s through the 1990s allowed her to interview U.S. Presidents and First Ladies Gerald and Betty Ford, Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter, Ronald and Nancy Reagan, George and Barbara Bush, Bill and...
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