Francis Newton Frank Gifford (age 77) was born August 16, 1930 in Santa Monica, California. He is a former American football player and one of the better-known American sports commentators in the latter part of the 20th century who made the transition from an athlete to broadcasting.
Gifford's family consisted of a younger brother, Waine, and an older sister Winona. He has a daughter Heidi from a previous relationship. Gifford has another daughter, Victoria Denise Gifford (b. February 20, 1957) with Maxine Avis Ewart. Heidi was married to Michael Meyers. Victoria married a member of the Kennedy family, Michael LeMoyne Kennedy.
Gifford has been married (since 18 October 1986) to current Today Show talk show host and singer Kathie Lee Gifford (who coincidentally shares his August 16 birthday). They have two children: son Cody Newton Gifford (b. March 22, 1990) and daughter Cassidy Erin Gifford (b. August 2, 1993).
Kathie Lee Gifford (age 54) was born Kathryn Lee Epstein on August 16, 1953. She is an American television host, singer, actress and playwright, famous for her 15-year run on the television talk show Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, which she co-hosted with Regis Philbin. She has received 11 Emmy nominations.
Starting April 7, 2008, Gifford will co-host the fourth hour of NBC's Today Show with Hoda Kotb.
During February 2007 Gifford was attending a CD-signing event at a shopping mall in Paramus, New Jersey. During this event Gifford was attacked by Joey Boots, a member of The Wack Pack from the Howard Stern Show. After signing Boots' CD, Boots removed a box from a shopping bag, threw it at Gifford, from which two dozen white mice emerged. Boots was evicted from the mall, and Gifford was unhurt.
On the episode "The Botched Language of Cranes" of the sitcom Frasier, Frasier refuses to host a charity hospital event because they replaced him as host last year with Kathie Lee Gifford.
On April 16, 2007, Gifford was a guest presenter at the Washington, DC Helen Hayes Award Ceremony, honoring contributions and professional accomplishments in theatre.
Regis, Kelly, Kathie Celebrate 20 Years Of Live
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