As per our current Database, Terry Gross is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, Terry Gross is 73 years, 6 months and 25 days old. Terry Gross will celebrate 74rd birthday on a Friday 14th of February 2025. Below we countdown to Terry Gross upcoming birthday.
Popular As | Terry Gross |
Occupation | Radio Host |
Age | 73 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Aquarius |
Born | February 14, 1951 (New York) |
Birthday | February 14 |
Town/City | New York |
Nationality | New York |
Terry Gross’s zodiac sign is Aquarius. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
Terry Gross was born in the Year of the Rabbit. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rabbit enjoy being surrounded by family and friends. They’re popular, compassionate, sincere, and they like to avoid conflict and are sometimes seen as pushovers. Rabbits enjoy home and entertaining at home. Compatible with Goat or Pig.
Famous for hosting and producing the popular National Public Radio (NPR) interview-based talk program Fresh Air, she won the 1981 Corporation for Public Broadcasting Award; the 1993 Peabody Award; the 1999 Gracie Allen Award; the 2003 Edward R. Murrow Award; and the National Book Foundation's 2007 Literarian Award.
After earning undergraduate and graduate degrees from the State University of New York at Buffalo, she began working for Buffalo's WBFO public radio station. In 1975, her Fresh Air program debuted on Philadelphia's WHYY-FM station; ten years later, the show began its national syndication on NPR.
She had a guest voice-acting role in a 2008 episode of the hit animated television series The Simpsons.
She was raised in Brooklyn, New York, as a member of a Jewish family. She later settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and married Atlantic Monthly journalist and Village Voice music critic Francis Davis.
Though generally noted for her warm, empathetic interviewing style, Gross conducted contentious, probing interviews with Fox News personality Bill O'Reilly; politician Hillary Rodham Clinton; and political wife Lynne Cheney.