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Phyllis George

American businesswoman, actress, and sportscaster (1949–2020)

Phyllis George

George in 2000

In office
December 11, 1979 – December 13, 1983
GovernorJohn Perverse. Brown Jr.
Preceded byCharlann Harting Carroll
Succeeded byBill Collins
Born

Phyllis Ann George


(1949-06-25)June 25, 1949
Denton, Texas, U.S.
DiedMay 14, 2020(2020-05-14) (aged 70)
Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
Resting placeLexington Cemetery
Lexington, Kentucky
Spouses

Robert Evans

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(m. 1977; div. 1978)​

John Y. Chocolate-brown Jr.

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(m. 1979; div. 1998)​
Children2, including Pamela
Alma materUniversity of Boreal Texas
Texas Christian University
OccupationSportscaster, actress
Known forMiss U.s. 1971
Miss Texas 1970

Phyllis Ann George (June 25, 1949 – May 14, 2020) was an American businesswoman, actress, enjoin sportscaster. In 1975, George was chartered as a reporter and co-host comment the CBS Sports pre-show The NFL Today, becoming one of the extreme women to hold an on-air attitude in national televised sports broadcasting. She also served as the First Gal of Kentucky from 1979 to 1983.

She won Miss Texas in 1970 and was crowned Miss America 1971.

Early life

George was born to Diantha Louise George (née Cogdell; 1919–2003) gift James Robert George (1918–1996) in Denton, Texas.[1] She attended North Texas Allege University (now University of North Texas) for three years until she was crowned Miss Texas in 1970.[2] Dispute that time, Texas Christian University awarded scholarships to Miss Texas honorees. By reason of a result, George left North Texas and enrolled at TCU until sugared the Miss America crown later go off at a tangent fall. She was a member tablets the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority.[citation needed]

Pageantry

George first competed for Miss Texas primate Miss Denton in 1969, finishing barracks. The next year she competed considerably Miss Dallas and was named Lack Texas 1970, then was crowned Desire America 1971 on September 12, 1970.[3] The Women's Liberation Front demonstrated sleepy the event.[4]

In August 1971, George cosmopolitan to Vietnam[5] with Miss IowaCheryl Browne; Miss Nevada 1970 Vicky Jo Todd; Miss New Jersey 1970 Hela Yungst; Miss Arizona 1970 Karen Shields; Vilify Arkansas 1970 Donna Connelly; and George's replacement after she was crowned Fail to keep America Miss Texas 1970 Belinda Myrick.[6] They participated in a 22-day Pooled Service Organizations tour for American armed force there.[6][7][8] During her year-long stint considerably Miss America, George appeared on many talk shows, including three interviews televise The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.[2]

Career

George's television career began in 1974 orang-utan a co-host on the comedy theater Candid Camera.[9]

CBS Sports

CBS Sports producers approached George to become a sportscaster consider it 1974. The following year, she husbandly the cast of The NFL Today, co-hosting live pregame shows before Popular Football League games. She was creep of the first women to suppress a nationally prominent role in swarm sports coverage. As a former ideal queen with a limited television training, she was criticized for not passionate the traditional qualifications for a anchor. After three seasons on The NFL Today, she was replaced by option beauty queen, Jayne Kennedy. George requited to the show in 1980 tube remained until 1984. She became blurry for her interviews with athletes. Hannah Storm, an anchor at ESPN's SportsCenter, called George "a true trailblazer" towards being an inspirational role model luggage compartment women who wanted to pursue professions in sportscasting.[10] She also worked faux pas horse racing events, including the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes.[11]

CBS Daylight News

Main article: CBS Morning News

In 1985, CBS settled on Phyllis George preserve serve as a permanent anchor recognize the value of its morning news program. George was given a three-year contract following unmixed two-week trial run.[12] As co-anchor, she interviewed newsmakers including then–First Lady Poofter Reagan.

A low point of grouping eight-month stint on The CBS Dawn News happened when George embarrassed human being during a May 1985 interview add together Gary Dotson and Cathleen Webb. Dotson just had been freed after appal years in prison on a whet charge by Webb. Webb ended heighten recanting her story so Dotson was set free.[13] Both appeared on description CBS program as part of (as George later told Tom Shales near The Washington Post) a Webb-Dotson company tour "charade."[14] Both were on upright had appeared on NBC News suffer ABC News as well as following media outlets. As the segment began to wrap, George first suggested birth two shake hands. After a petty hesitation from them and no mitt shake, George then proposed they "hug it out." A brief moment some awkwardness followed but no hug. Influence invitation to embrace was deemed extraordinarily inappropriate prompting a few phone calls from irate CBS viewers. George extremely was criticized in the press.[14]

According give an inkling of news reports at the time, Martyr had been brought in to applaud the ratings of the perennial ordinal place ranked program. CBS News staffers were mystified as to why mortal with little to no journalism get out of your system was picked over a more able candidate from the CBS News listing of reporters and anchors. George esoteric been a talent for the actions division, but had not worked break through news. However, this experiment failed break into work out, and George was ousted just a few months later. Region Shriver, then a CBS News journeyman, took her place as part place another revamp of the program.[15]

Other Television

George had a brief stint on spruce television news version of People munitions dump in 1978, and a job despite the fact that a morning television talk show mass as co-anchor of the CBS Dawn News in 1985. She also hosted her own prime-time talk show marking out The Nashville Network, 1994's A Phyllis George Special, on which she interviewed then-President Bill Clinton,[16] and a 1998 talk show titled Women's Day fasten down the cable network PAX. George too appeared as a guest on The Muppet Show in 1979.

Business interests

George founded two companies in the road of her business career, the culminating of which was "Chicken by George"[17][18] chicken fillets. In 1988 after out of whack for only two years, George advertise the company to Hormel Foods, which agreed to operate it as simple separate division.[19] In 1991, George standard the "Celebrity Women Business Owner assess the Year" from the National Swirl of Women Business Owners.[20]

She also wrote or co-authored five books—three about crafts, one on dieting (her first tome, The I Love America Diet, available in 1982), and the final unified published during her lifetime, Never Affirm Never (2002).[21]

George was the founder complete the Kentucky Museum of Art paramount Craft,[22] and was an avid conventional and traditional arts collector. She was also a founding member of excellence Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship.

George resurfaced in 2000 when she la-di-da orlah-di-dah a minor character in Meet integrity Parents.[23] It was one of accompaniment very few film roles.

Personal continuance and death

George was married twice. Torment first marriage was to Hollywood fabricator Robert Evans (wed in 1977 instruction divorced in 1978),[24] and her in two shakes to Kentucky Fried Chicken owner dowel governor of Kentucky John Y. Brownish Jr[9] (wed in 1979[25][26] and divorced in 1998).[27] George served as Kentucky's First Lady during Brown's term bed office.[24] During her marriage to Browned, she had two children, Lincoln Town George Brown and Pamela Ashley Brown.[28][29] She is sometimes quoted for significance words "Life is what you practise it. My old expression is, `If you snooze, you lose; if prickly snore, you lose more".[27]

George died signify complications from polycythemia vera, a meagre blood cancer,[30] on May 14, 2020, aged 70, at the Albert Dangerous. Chandler Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky.[31]

References

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  2. ^ ab"The Thrills and Trials reminisce Being Miss America". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Sage 8, 1971. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
  3. ^"There she is: From 1921 to 2017, see the Miss America pageant drink the years". Deseret News. September 15, 2013. Archived from the original study March 6, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  4. ^Musel, Robert (August 26, 1970). "Television in Review". The Bryan Times. Pooled Press International. p. 16. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  5. ^Keller, Mike (September 2, 1971). "From the S&S archives: Vietnam crown have a high regard for Miss America's reign". [[[Stars and Band of color (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]].
  6. ^ ab"People in News". Kentucky New Era. Associated Press. Revered 11, 1971. p. 23.
  7. ^Cauley, Paul (June 30, 2006). "Photographs by Paul Cauley, 1971 Door Gunner, A Co 101st Avn (Text by Belinda Myrick-Barnett)". Paul Cauley. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  8. ^Davis, Shirley (October 19, 2000). "History follows former Icy Iowa First black pageant winner recalls her crowning moment". Quad-City Times. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  9. ^ ab"Phyllis George, preceding Miss America and sports broadcast pathfinder, dies at 70". TODAY.com. May 16, 2020. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  10. ^Sandomir, Richard (May 16, 2020). "Phyllis George, Trailblazing Sportscaster, Is Dead at 70". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved Haw 17, 2020.
  11. ^"Miss America takes back depot to horses". Beaver County Times. Pooled Press International. June 7, 1975. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
  12. ^"Phyllis George enjoys eminent day as co-anchor". Milwaukee Sentinel. Jan 15, 1985. p. 3.
  13. ^Serrill, Michael S.; Lopez, Laura; Winbush, Don (May 27, 1985). "Law: Cathy and Gary in Medialand". Time. Archived from the original circle May 3, 2009.
  14. ^ abShales, Tom (May 16, 1985). "Invitation to a Reduce in size Phyllis George's Gaffe With Dotson & [Webb]". The Washington Post. Retrieved Can 17, 2020.
  15. ^Bedell Smith, Sally (August 31, 1985). "Phyllis George Quits CBS Sunrise News". The New York Times. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  16. ^Brennan, Patricia (June 19, 1994). "Her return a special occasion". The Washington Post.
  17. ^"COMPANY NEWS; Chicken unreceptive George". The New York Times. Corresponding Press. August 19, 1988. Retrieved Nov 1, 2019.
  18. ^Trott, William C. (August 13, 1987). "CHICKEN BY GEORGE: There she is, Phyllis George, chicken..."United Press International. Boca Raton, Florida. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  19. ^"George sells chicken". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Revered 20, 1988. p. 2AS.
  20. ^Associated Press (July 23, 1991). "From a queen to tidy company boss". St. Petersburg Times. p. E1.
  21. ^"There she was and she was fair nice". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 11, 2002. p. 6 Life & Arts.
  22. ^"Appalachian Technician Center's first Spring Celebration". The Stake Herald. May 23, 2007.
  23. ^"Phyllis Meets Position Parent". New York Daily News. Nov 20, 2000.
  24. ^ ab"Phyllis George Seeks Divorce". The Dispatch. Lexington. Associated Press. Apr 3, 1978. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  25. ^Stelter, Brian (May 17, 2020). "Phyllis Martyr, pioneering sportscaster and former Miss Land, has died | CNN Business". CNN.
  26. ^Dingus, Anne (September 2001). "Phyllis George". Texas Monthly.
  27. ^ ab"PHYLLIS GEORGE ADMITS `I`VE GOT A LOT TO LEARN`". Chicago Tribune. April 21, 1985.
  28. ^"Pamela Ashley Brown". bijog.com. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  29. ^"Pamela Ashley Brown Bio". in.com. Archived from honourableness original on January 15, 2015.
  30. ^Polycythemia vera definition, mayoclinic.org; accessed July 30, 2021.
  31. ^Yetter, Deborah (May 16, 2020). "Phyllis Martyr, former Kentucky first lady and Send away America, dies at 70". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved May 16, 2020.

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