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Vicki Mabrey (born April 3, 1956)IMDB entry
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''.


Career

Mabrey was a
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'' 60 Minutes II'' correspondent from 1999 to 2005. Previously, she worked as a reporter for
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in
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, Maryland, for eight years. Mabrey has received four
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: two in 1997 for her reporting on the death of
Princess Diana Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) and mother of Princes William and Harry. Her ac ...
, and two in 1996 for her coverage of the Atlanta Olympic bombing and the crash of
TWA Flight 800 Trans World Airlines Flight 800 (TWA800) was a Boeing 747-100 that exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York, on July 17, 1996, at about 8:31pm. Eastern Daylight Time, EDT, 12 minutes after takeoff from John F. K ...
.


Personal life and education

Mabrey was born in
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, which was still segregated at the time, and was one of the first African-American students at her grade school. She earned a degree in
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from
Howard University Howard University (Howard) is a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity" and accredited by the Middle States Commissi ...
, in
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External links


Biography at ABC News website
* 1956 births Living people American expatriates in the United Kingdom African-American women journalists African-American journalists American television reporters and correspondents American women television journalists Television anchors from Baltimore ABC News personalities CBS News people 21st-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people 20th-century African-American women {{US-journalist-1950s-stub