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Daryn Kagan is an American broadcast journalist. Daryn Kagan formerly was a correspondent at CNN, however, now runs her own news portal DarynKagan.com

Early life Childhood

Daryn A. Kagan was born on January 26, 1963, in Beverly Hills, California. She was brought up in a Jewish family. Her great-grandfather Eiser Cohen had migrated to the United States from Russia. Eiser settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but his son Jack later moved to the Los Angeles area, where she was born and brought up.

Her mother Phyllis was a breast cancer survivor. She even appeared in a CNN discussion session. However, she has not mentioned her father. Moreover, she has two brothers. The elder one is called Mark whereas the younger is called Kallan who is an executive at Arc Productions

Caption: Daryn Kagan arriving at the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Legends Gala benefit at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. December 2, 2002
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Regarding her education, Kagan attended Beverly Hills High School in her hometown. She was an athlete and a part of the school track team. In 1981 she graduated and enrolled at Stanford University. She graduated in 1985.

Career and Professional life

Daryn Kagan started her career journey form KEYT-TV. She initially served as reported at Santa Barbara television station, later moved to Phoenix as a reporter for KTVK. She contributed to sports news reporting apart from the local news stories. After ending her contract with KTVK, she was hired by CNN/SI. As a sports anchor and correspondent, she went to cover big sports events like the Super Bowl, the NBA Playoffs, and international figure skating championships.

Following sports anchoring, Karan moved to become a CNN news anchor. Subsequently, she reported on presidential and mid-term elections, the second Gulf War, and the Washington, D.C. sniper attack investigation. Moreover, she traveled across continents to cover the news on AIDS and famine status in Africa. Additionally, she has also reported from the red carpet of big events like the Academy Award and the Monterey Jazz Festival.

After serving for CNN for several years, Karan has to leave CNN in September of 2006 after they declined to renew her contract. Consequently, Karan launched her own website DarynKagan.com. The brand now has extended its contents to television news documentaries, radio, and books.

Moreover, she has worked as a producer. Her debut TV film Breaking the Curse, aired on PBS, and won the 2008 Gracie Award for Outstanding Documentary. Similarly, Kagan began writing in the following years. She published her first book ‘What’s Possible!’ in 2008. Currently, she is working on her next film Solartown USA, which is about a Wisconsin town that made a commitment to solar power in the 1970s. 70s. Oprah Radio started to broadcast DarynKagan.com content each day beginning in March 2009 on SIRIUS XM radio.

Awards and Net Worth

Daryn Kagan’s post-CNN projects have been more successful then she has imagined. Her first documentary, “Breaking the Cruse” won the 2008 Gracie Award for Outstanding Documentary. Similarly, her base DarynKagan.com was honored with the Interactive Media Award.

With journalism as her primary source of income, Kagan stands at a net worth of $2 million USD. However, she also has several other sources of income. Thus, it is hard to determine her exact annual income. Simialrly, she has not also relvealed her assets. They are still under review.

Relationship status

Previously, Daryn Kagan was in a relationship with radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh. The relationship which began in September eventually ended in February 2006. For many years after the break-up, Kagan was single. But as she says, Miracles never cease, she found the love of her life. She married Mr. Summerfest in 2012 at the age of 49.

Kagan has not revealed his name however he is called Mr. Summerfest because the two first met at a summer festival. He was a single dad raising an 11-year-old daughter. Moreover, Kagal also has an adopted sister from the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program. They all now live together.

Caption: Daryn Kagan getting married to Mr. Summerfest by the waterfall in North Carolina
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The couple first had a private wedding by the waterfall in North Carolina in the presence of just the two girls. They believed it would strengthen the bond between the girls. Later, they had another big ceremony with all their friends and family. Moreover, she also has adopted a three-legged cat, Tripod, and a dog, Darla Louise, from rescue shelters.

Body Measurement and Social Media

Media reporter Daryn Kagan is always looking smart and beautiful. Despite being in her fifties she is still vibrant and active. Moreover, she has beautiful brown eyes that match the color of her hair. She looks tall and has a lean body figure. However, her body statistics are currently unavailable. Her height and weight are unknown.

Caption: Daryn Kagan during The 74th Annual Academy Awards – Arrivals at Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California, United States.
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Running her personal website, Kagal is an internet star. Nevertheless, she is also very active on other social media platforms  She is mostly active on Twitter with over 5 thousand followers. Similarly, her followers count on Instagram, and Facebook is about 1.4 thousand and 2 thousand respectively. She connects with her followers and shares beautiful moments of her everyday life and professional life through these platforms.

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