Ed Schultz | |
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Born | Edward Andrew Schultz January 27, 1954 Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
Died | July 5, 2018 Washington, D.C., U.S. | (aged 64)
Alma mater | Minnesota State University Moorhead |
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Years active | 1980–2018[1] |
Notable credit(s) | News with Ed Schultz Ed Schultz News and Commentary The Ed Schultz Show The Ed Show |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouses | Maureen Zimmerman (m. 1993)Wendy Noack (m. 1998) |
Children | 6 |
Awards | Three Eric Sevareid Awards, and as leader of a broadcast team – two Marconis and one Peabody Award[1] |
Website | The Ed Schultz Show The Ring of Fire Network |
Edward Andrew Schultz (January 27, 1954 – July 5, 2018) was an American television and radio host, political commentator, news anchor and sports broadcaster.[2]
He was the host of The Ed Show, a weekday news talk program on MSNBC from 2009 to 2015, and The Ed Schultz Show, a talk radio show, nationally syndicated by Dial Global from 2004 to 2014.[3] The radio show ended on May 23, 2014, and was replaced by a one-hour podcast, Ed Schultz News and Commentary, which ran from 2015 until his death.[4] Schultz also hosted a daily primetime weekday show, News with Ed Schultz, on RT America TV channel based in Washington, D.C., that is part of the RT network.