Biography for
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Date of Birth

10 February 1969, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Birth Name

Laurie Walker Dhue

Height

5' 11" (1.80 m)

Spouse

Thomas Colquitt

(? - ?) (divorced)

Trivia

Standing 6' 3", Miss Dhue is one of the tallest ladies in television.

Bachelor of Arts degree in political science with a concentration in dramatic arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Joined the Fox News Channel in September 2000. Left in 2008.

Prior to joining FNC, she hosted MSNBC's "Special Edition" and she also was substitute news anchor for "Today" (1952) weekend edition on NBC. Dhue began her tenure at MSNBC in April 1999 as the anchor of "Newsfront". Prior to her stint there, she worked at CNN where she served as anchor for weekend programs, such as "CNN Saturday" (1998), "CNN Sunday", "World View" and "The World Today".

She is the first-born child in her family.

Correspondent for "Geraldo at Large" (2003).

Does not own a car (Neal Boortz radio interview, November 9, 2006).

In an interview on the Neal Boortz radio show on November 9, 2006, indicated that she was born in North Carolina, but raised in Atlanta, Georgia.

Father is Bob Dhue and mother is Hutton Dhue.

Sister, Nancy, and her husband Chris are expecting a baby [June 17, 2007].

Her father, Bob Dhue, was the former president of World Championship Wrestling.

Became an aunt when her sister, Nancy Chu, gave birth to a son, Robert Christopher Chu, in July, 2007.

She is of Dutch ancestry.

Recovering alcoholic. Has been sober since 2006 and is a board member of the National Youth Recovery Foundation (NYRF).

Was a passenger on the New York-Las Vegas JetBlue flight, on March 27, 2012, in which the plane's pilot had a mid-air meltdown.