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Geraldo Rivera From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search "Geraldo" redirects here. For the British bandleader, see Geraldo (bandleader). For the talk show, see The Geraldo Rivera Show. Geraldo Rivera Image:Replace this image male.svg Born 	Gerald Rivera July 4, 1943 (1943-07-04) (age 64) Brooklyn, New York Occupation 	Host of Geraldo at Large (Fox News Channel) Spouse 	Linda Coblentz(1965-?) Edith Bucket Vonnegut(1971-1975) Sherryl Raymond(1976-1984) C.C. Dyer (1987-2000) Erica Levy (2003-present) Ethnicity 	Hispanic, Russian, Jewish Notable credit(s) Official website

Gerald Michael Rivera[1] (born July 4, 1943), known by his television name of Geraldo Rivera or simply Geraldo, is an American attorney, reporter, and former talk show host. He is known to have an affinity for dramatic, high-profile stories. Rivera hosts the newsmagazine program Geraldo at Large, and appears regularly on Fox News Channel. Contents [hide]

* 1 Early life * 2 Career o 2.1 Early stages o 2.2 Talk show and Satanism special o 2.3 Later career * 3 Controversies o 3.1 War coverage controversies o 3.2 Michael Jackson trial o 3.3 Recent activity o 3.4 New Orleans / The New York Times controversy o 3.5 Other work o 3.6 Virginia Tech massacre coverage o 3.7 Chris Benoit coverage o 3.8 Michelle Malkin "spit" controversy * 4 In popular culture * 5 References * 6 See also * 7 External links

[edit] Early life

Rivera was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Lillian (née Friedman), a waitress, and Cruz "Allen" Rivera, a restaurant worker and cab driver.[2][3] Rivera's father was Puerto Rican and his mother was Jewish, and he was raised "mostly Jewish" and had a Bar Mitzvah.[4][5] He grew up in Brooklyn and West Babylon, New York. He is an alumnus of University of Arizona, where he played varsity lacrosse as goalie. From September 1961 to May 1963 he attended the State University of New York Maritime College, where he was a member of the rowing team.[6][7] He received his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 1969, did postgraduate work at the University of Pennsylvania that same year,[8] and briefly attended the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism during the summer of 1970. After a brief career in Law Enforcement where he served the NYPD as an investigator, he returned to law and became a lawyer for a New York Puerto Rican activist group, the Young Lords and attracted the attention of news producer Al Primo when he was interviewed about the group's occupation of a Spanish Harlem church in 1969. Primo offered Rivera a job as a reporter but was unhappy with the first name "Gerald" (he wanted something more identifiably Latin) so they agreed to go with the pronunciation used by the Puerto Rican side of Rivera's family: Geraldo.[9]He is a member of Tau Delta Phi fraternity.