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  1. Dec 30, 2022 · For nearly two decades, Joan Lunden was the face of Good Morning America, leading the broadcast during historic events and reporting from locations all over the world.In 1997, she left the program ...

  2. Nov 29, 2021 · Joan Lunden and Charlie Gibson were morning show mainstays on "Good Morning America" in the 1980s and '90s. From 1980 to 1997, Lunden served as a host on the ABC morning program, per IMDb, and for ...

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    Journalist and television personality Joan Lunden was hired as a trainee for KCRA's news department in 1973 but quickly rose up the ranks. By 1975, she was a weather person, reporter and anchor for the station. That year, she took a job at WABC. In 1980, she joined Good Morning Americaas a host, where she would remain for the next two decades.

    Lunden was born Joan Elise Blunden on September 19, 1950, in Fair Oaks, California. Growing up in Sacramento, Lunden lost her father, a surgeon and pilot, in a plane crash when she was only 13 years old. Lunden started at the ground level in the news business. She was hired as a trainee for KCRA's news department in 1973, and by 1975, Lunden was a ...

    In 1980, Lunden joined Good Morning America full-time as a host, with David Hartman serving the main host for the show. Lunden and her husband, producer Michael Krauss, were also expecting their first child when she took the job at GMA. She helped break new ground by talking openly on air about her pregnancy and did many segments on parenting. For ...

    Near the end of her tenure with GMA, Lunden went through some personal changes. She lost a lot of weight and wrote two health books, Joan Lunden's Healthy Cooking (1996) and Joan Lunden's Healthy Living: A Practical, Inspirational Guide to Creating Balance in Your Life(1997). On a more private note, she and her husband of 13 years announced their s...

    In 2000, Lunden married summer camp owner, Jeff Konigsberg, who was roughly a decade her junior. Three years later, the couple welcomed twins, Kate and Max, through a surrogate mother, Deborah Bolig. Using the same surrogate, their family grew to include another set of twins, Jack and Kimberly, in 2005. Tackling motherhood in her fifties, Lunden an...

  4. For more than 15 years, Joan Lunden was a mainstay in American living rooms. Alongside her Good Morning America co-anchor Charlie Gibson, Joan helped make ABC's show the top rated in the morning lineup for a good part of the '90s. Then, in 1997, when the show's ratings began to stumble, Joan announced her departure.

  5. Hoy. Good Morning America (often abbreviated as GMA) is an American morning television program that is broadcast on ABC. It debuted on November 3, 1975, and first expanded to weekends with the debut of a Sunday edition on January 3, 1993. The Sunday edition was canceled in 1999; weekend editions returned on both Saturdays and Sundays on ...

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  6. Mar 12, 2020 · Former 'Good Morning America' co-host Joan Lunden stopped by 'Today' to talk about her new book on a topic that affects us all. It’s been almost 23 years since journalist Joan Lunden ended her ...

  7. Dec 30, 2022 · The Wake-Up Calls author, who is a mom to a blended family of seven kids, was replaced by Lisa McRee on GMA shortly after. Charlie anchored the broadcast until 1998 before he was replaced by Kevin ...