Rick Leventhal
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Rick Leventhal | |
|---|---|
Fox News Channel | |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | Rick Leventhal's Biography on FoxNews.com |
Richard Gary Leventhal (born January 24, 1960) is an American reporter. He was a senior correspondent for
Fox News Channel from June 1997 to June 2021. Before joining Fox, he spent 10 years in local news, reporting and anchoring in markets including Columbia, South Carolina; Spartanburg, South Carolina; West Palm Beach, Florida; Miami; Chicago; and New York City. He is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C.
, with a B.A. in broadcast journalism.
Career
Leventhal has been to war zones nearly two dozen times, including five trips to
Macedonia during the war in Kosovo and two trips to Libya in 2011. In 2003, Leventhal spent nine weeks in Kuwait and Iraq, embedded with the United States Marine Corps' 3rd L.A.R., crossing the border and advancing to the outskirts of Baghdad, where he joined the Sinners and Saints of the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines. He was one of the first reporters on the scene at the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks, before the towers fell to the ground.[1] He traveled to Bahrain
and Afghanistan later that year, embedding with Marines at Camp Rhino and Kandahar Airport for the launch of the War on Terror.
More recently he provided live coverage of flooding in Louisiana, the killing of
Captain "Sully" Sullenberger's return to flight. He also recently took a ride in an F-15 with the Massachusetts Air National Guard
.
Biography
Leventhal is a younger son of Dr. Allan Leventhal, a retired psychologist in Silver Spring, Maryland, and Carol Leventhal, the retired director of Greenbelt Cares in Greenbelt, Maryland. He is second of three siblings. He has an older brother, Scott Leventhal (born 1958), and a sister, Leigh (born 1963). He completed his high school education in Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring in 1978.
Personal life
Leventhal was married to
Kelly Dodd, star of The Real Housewives of Orange County
.
References
- ^ "Remembering 9/11: Incredible Raw Video Shows Rick Leventhal Interviewing Survivors at Ground Zero as North Tower Collapses". foxnewsinsider.com. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
- ^ Robin Leach (2016-06-15). "Rick Leventhal and Beth Shak's L.V. wedding is no longer a secret". LasVegasSun.com. Retrieved 2017-04-08.