Lynn Sherr (born March 4, 1942) is an American broadcast journalist and author, best known as a correspondent for the ABC news magazine 20/20.
Sherr was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended Lower Merion High School in Ardmore. She received a B.A. from Wellesley College.
She was a freelance host at WNET-TV in New York, then staff. She worked for the Associated Press and WCBS-TV. In 1977, she was the guest host of the MacNeil–Lehrer Report while Robert MacNeil was absent, and has hosted a number of PBS specials. In 1983–85 she was a reporter/editor for Condé Nast.
She received a 1994 George Foster Peabody Award along with producer Alan B. Goldberg for the "Hunger Inside" a 20/20 documentary about extreme anorexia.
She has a giraffe named after her at Giraffe Manor in recognition of her love of the species.
She has guest-hosted on the radio program "The Takeaway" (WNYC/PRI/BBC/NYT) several times since April 2009.
She also guest-hosts Bill Moyer's Journal on PBS in his absence.
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Cancer
She is the author of Outside the Box: A Memoir, published in September 2006, which chronicles her life on and off TV, including her husband's death from cancer as well as her own battle with colon cancer.[1]
Published works
- Susan B. Anthony Slept Here: A Guide to American Women's Landmarks (co-author, 1994)
- Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words (1996)
- Tall Blondes: A Book About Giraffes (1997)
- America the Beautiful: The Stirring True Story Behind Our Nation's Favorite Song (2001).
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