Judy Licht is an American television and print journalist whose work often focuses on the entertainment and fashion worlds. Born to Bernard and Eleanor Licht of New York, Licht graduated from

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and received her

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in Broadcast Journalism from

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. For decades Licht has held many on-air positions in the New York metropolitan area, such as co-anchor of ''Good Morning New York'' on

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, as a reporter on

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and

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, and was long the main host of the fashion program ''

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''. She currently writes a column on the fashion world for ''

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'' and has also written on fashion for such publications as ''

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'', ''

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'' and the New York '' Daily News''. Licht married prominent advertising executive

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in 1983. They maintained a restaurant, Della Femina, in East Hampton, until it was sold early in 2011. Licht and Della Femina collaborated on a television program for

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in the early 90s, ''The Jerry and Judy Show''. Licht is

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whereas Della Femina is

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; the couple raised their two children (a boy and a girl, both now adults) in a synthesis of the two religions.

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