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• Matt Lauer is an American television personality and co-host of NBC's The Today Show.

  Lauer was involved in a bicycle accident on March 23, 2009, when he collided with a deer who jumped in front of him. He suffered a separated shoulder in the mishap that will require surgery.PerezHilton: Injured! Matt Lauer Eats It (March 23, 2009) PerezHilton: Lauer To Undergo Surgery After Bike Accident (March 24, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Full name: Matthew Todd Lauer
  2. Born: December 30, 1957
  3. Birthplace: New York City, New York
  4. Attended: Ohio University
  5. Salary: Reportedly $13,500,000/annually
  6. Began hosting The Today Show on NBC in 1994
  7. 1980-1986: Hosted PM Magazine
  8. 1990s: Hosted HBO Entertainment News
  9. 1982-1989: Was married to TV producer Nancy Alspaugh
  10. 1998: Married model Annette Roque
  11. Children: Jack Matthew, Romy and Thijs
  12. Daytime Emmys: 1

• Career

  Lauer began his television career in 1979 as a producer of the 12 o'clock news for WOWK-TV in Huntington, West Virginia. By 1980, he had become an on-air reporter on the 6 and 11 o'clock newscasts. He then moved around hosting a number of weekly information and talk programs in Boston, MA, Philadelphia, Providence, RI and Richmond, VA.

  Lauer got his first job in the New York area when he was tapped to host a three-hour live interview program, 9 Broadcast Plaza, from 1989-1991. He moved to WNBC-TV in 1992, where he became co-anchor on the early weekday news show Today in New York, alongside Jane Hanson. Lauer filled in as the newsreader on The Today Show for Margaret Larson when needed. This led to his joining the show full-time in January 1994 as news anchor. At The Today Show, Lauer stepped in for Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric when required before being named the official co-anchor on January 6, 1997, after Gumbel stepped down.

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