Meredith Vieira – 67

Meredith Viera is best known as the original host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire—the syndicated daytime version—the original moderator of the daytime talk show The View and co-host of the morning news program Today on NBC network. She is the current host of the syndicated weekday game show 25 Words or Less. The television personality has also been a constant contributor to NBC Nightly News, Rock Center with Brian Williams, and Dateline NBC. Other shows that Viera hosted were the biographical documentary Intimate Portrait on Lifetime Channel and her own syndicated daytime talk show, The Meredith Viera Show.

In 1975, she graduated from Tufts University with a degree in English. Soon after, she began her broadcasting career as a news announcer for WORC radio in Massachusetts, where she did afternoon drive news on the B. J. Dean Show. Since then, Viera has established a successful career in his chosen field of profession.