Carole Ann Radziwiłł (; ; born August 20, 1963) is an American journalist, author, and television personality. Throughout the course of nearly two decades working as a journalist and producer for

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, her reporting earned her three Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, and a GLAAD Media Award. After leaving ABC News, she wrote a memoir, called ''What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship and Love''. Released in 2005, it became a ''New York Times'' bestseller. From 2012 to 2018, Radziwiłł appeared as a main cast member on the

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reality series ''

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''.

Early life and education

Carole Ann DiFalco was born on August 20, 1963, and grew up in a working-class family in

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. She is of Italian descent. She earned a B.A. in English at

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and an M.B.A. at

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Career

Journalism and writing

Radziwiłł began her news career at

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in New York, in 1985, as an intern in postproduction for ''

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'', a news magazine show. She was later assigned to ''Close Up'' as a production secretary. Radziwiłł eventually worked for

Peter Jennings Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings (July 29, 1938August 7, 2005) was a Canadian-American television journalist. He was best known for serving as the sole anchor of ''ABC World News Tonight'' from 1983 until his death from lung cancer in 200 ...

' documentary unit, producing shows on abortion and gun control, and covering foreign policy stories in

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Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...

, and

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. In 1991, Radziwiłł was stationed in

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

and reported on the

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missile attacks during the

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. In 2003, during the War in

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

, she spent six weeks in

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, embedded with an infantry unit of the

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. She produced segments for an ABC-TV show called ''Profiles from the Frontline''. Radziwiłł has won several awards, including three

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, one for a story she produced on land mines in Cambodia, a Peabody, and a

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. After her husband's death, Radziwiłł left

to write a memoir about her personal life, her career at ABC News, as well as her effort to manage her husband's cancer. ''What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship and Love'' ( Scribner, 2005) made the ''New York Times'' Best Seller List. A review of the book in ''The New York Times'' called it a "bittersweet account" that emphasized "graciousness over disclosure." Radziwiłł signed with ''Glamour'' magazine to write a monthly column called ''Lunch Date''. Her “Lunch Dates” have included former New York City mayor

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and Hollywood actors

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, and

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. She sold her first novel, ''The Widow's Guide to Sex & Dating'', to Holt Publishing. It was released on February 11, 2014.

Reality TV

In 2011, Radziwiłł joined the cast of Bravo TV's ''

''. On July 25, 2018, she announced she was leaving the show after six seasons (seasons 5–10). Radziwiłł said she wanted to go back to journalism.

Personal life

On August 27, 1994, she and her fellow ABC News producer,

Anthony Radziwiłł Prince Anthony Stanisław Albert Radziwiłł (; August 4, 1959 – August 10, 1999) was a Swiss-born American television executive and filmmaker. He was the son of Caroline Lee Bouvier Canfield and Polish aristocrat and diplomat Prince Sta ...

, son of socialite

Lee Radziwill Caroline Lee Radziwill (; March 3, 1933 – February 15, 2019), previously known as Lee Canfield and Lee Ross, was an American socialite, public relations executive, and interior designer. She was the younger sister of former First Lady of the ...

and nephew of former First Lady

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis ( ; July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was an American writer, book editor, and socialite who served as the first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of President John F. Kennedy. A popular f ...

, married in

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. Her husband died of cancer on August 10, 1999. Radziwiłł dated

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producer

Russ Irwin Russ Irwin is an American singer-songwriter, producer, film composer and multi-instrumentalist. He has worked with multiple artists including Aerosmith, Sting, Bryan Adams, Meat Loaf, Foreigner, Cheap Trick, John Fogerty, Joe Bonamassa, ...

and appeared in the video for his 2012 song "Manhattan." Irwin appeared occasionally on Bravo's "''The Real Housewives of New York City''" beginning in season 5. In 2014, Radziwiłł started dating chef Adam Kenworthy. The pair dated on and off before announcing their split in 2017. Following the arrest of socialite

Ghislaine Maxwell Ghislaine Noelle Marion Maxwell ( ; born 25 December 1961) is a British-French-American former socialite and convicted sex offender. She was found guilty of child sex trafficking and other offences in connection with the deceased financier and ...

for sex trafficking, images of Radziwiłł photographed with Maxwell resurfaced online. Radziwiłł also appears in the contact book of American financier and convicted sex offender

Jeffrey Epstein Jeffrey Edward Epstein ( , ; January 20, 1953August 10, 2019) was an American financier and child sex offender. Born and raised in New York City, Epstein began his professional career as a teacher at the Dalton School, despite lacking a col ...

. Radziwiłł stated she was "friendly" with Maxwell in the early 2000s, but has not spoken with her in over a decade. Radziwiłł denied knowing Epstein and stated she was unaware of any misconduct.

References

External links

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The Cartier Curse
Radziwill tells the story of

Jackie Kennedy Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis ( ; July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was an American writer, book editor, and socialite who served as the first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of President John F. Kennedy. A popular f ...

's Cartier tank wristwatch, which Radziwill later owned. (14 min. audio, via

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