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Joan Lunden (born Joan Elise Blunden, September 19, 1950) is an American journalist, an author, and a television host. Lunden was the co-host of ABC's Good Morning America from 1980 to 1997, and has authored over ten books. She has appeared on the Biography program and Biography Channel.
- 1975–present
- Journalist
Apr 2, 2014 · 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.
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 ...
Aug 29, 2023 · Joan Lunden, 72, has shared a throwback photo marking the 43rd anniversary of her joining “Good Morning America” as its main co-host. The fond and nostalgic memory serves as a career milestone for the veteran journalist. Lunden was diagnosed with stage 2 triple-negative breast cancer in 2014.
Jan 13, 2023 · Joan Lunden, 72, doesn’t “look back,” but the breast cancer survivor recently shared the reasons behind her “Good Morning America” departure after co-hosting the show for 17 years. Lunden was diagnosed with stage 2 triple-negative breast cancer in 2014. Lunden had dense breasts, so doctors didn’t see her cancer during her annual mammogram.
Joan, who was 46 at the time, points out that while they never used the exact words, they were asking her to move on because of her age. "The words are, 'We've decided to make a change on the show,' and so they found a 30-year-old version of me," Joan says. Her co-anchor, Charlie Gibson, was affected as well.
May 30, 2023 · Facing Cancer as a Parent. Journalist and cancer survivor Joan Lunden, 72, sent her son off to college, highlighting how important family milestones can be after surviving cancer. Joan is the mother of seven children who, like many other parents, struggled to tell her young kids that she had been diagnosed with stage 2 triple-negative breast ...
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