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Lynne Russell

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The Resume

    (November 1, 1946- )
    Served as a news anchor for CNN Headline News (1983-2001)
    Author of 'How to Win Friends, Kick Ass and Influence People'

Why she might be annoying:

    She is a vegetarian.
    She has a couple of tattoos.
    She owns a gun.
    She bears a resemblance to Peg Bundy.
    She has been twice divorced.
    She has a cosmetics line in her name.
    She dropped out of the nursing program at the University of Colorado.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was the first woman to anchor a regularly-scheduled newscast by herself.
    She was known for delivering the news in a highly professional manner which connected with the viewer.
    Some non-paying jobs she held during her stint on Headline News included bodyguard to the stars, one of the deputy sheriffs for the Fulton County, Georgia Reserve Division and private investigator.
    She has a black belt in Choi Kwang Do.
    She enjoys scuba diving and has a license.
    She has her own internet newsgroup (alt.fan.lynne-russell).
    She had several offers to pose for Playboy and considered doing so after she left Headline News (well into her 50's).
    She was held at gunpoint and forced back into her room by a robber outside of an Albuquerque Motel 6, resulting in a shootout involving her husband which ultimately took the robber's life (June 30, 2015).

Credit: Whiff Boy


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 88.24% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 83 Votes: 49.40% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 80 Votes: 53.75% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 86 Votes: 44.19% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 86 Votes: 62.79% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 73.08% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 24 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 37 Votes: 72.97% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 78 Votes: 64.10% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 132 Votes: 62.12% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 292 Votes: 48.97% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 409 Votes: 49.63% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 317 Votes: 58.99% Annoying