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Elizabeth Vargas is a American <a href="/biography/elizabeth-vargas">television journalist</a> who is an anchor for the national network channel ABC. She is a <a href="/biography/elizabeth-vargas">host</a> for ABC’s popular and long running program 20/20. She is also called upon by the network for their ABC News specials. Working for 20/20 means that Elizabeth is well respected in the journalism world because 20/20 has broken many important news pieces throughout its history on television.

Elizabeth graduated from the University of Missouri with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. Dedicating herself to the craft of journalism by going to college for it made Elizabeth well prepared for her future career in the field. With all of her studies, she would not be at risk of being incompetent when it came to the real world. Elizabeth converted her knowledge from college into a job an anchor and reporter for KOMU-TV. The job marked her debut into the broadcast world. She is best known for anchoring Good Morning America. Her job on the popular show lasted 18 long years spanning from 1996 to 2014. With almost 20 years on a high profile network show, it made sense for ABC to hire her for their flagship 20/20 news program. Elizabeth also got to flex her journalism muscles on World News Tonight.

The brainy and beautiful reporter married <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Cohn">singer-songwriter</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Cohn">Marc Cohn</a> on July, 20, 2002. The couple had been dating for three years before deciding to commit to each other with marriage. Elizabeth was introduced to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Cohn">Marc</a>, the Grammy Award winning <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Cohn">folk rock singer-songwriter</a> and musician by <a href="/biography/andre-agassi">tennis star</a> <a href="/biography/andre-agassi">Andre Agassi</a> at the 1999 US open. It was the convergence of multiple sides of the entertainment world. In this scenario, you had a top tennis star introduce a Grammy award winning musician to a network journalism actor. Elizabeth and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Cohn">Marc</a> gave birth to two children. Their sons, Zachary Raphael Cohn was born on January 31, 2003 and Samuel Wyath Cohn was born on August 16, 2006. The two boys are fortunate that both their parents are wealthy and public figures. Elizabeth’s net worth alone is estimated at $3 million and her salary is $750K per year. This is not counting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Cohn">Marc</a>’s net worth which combined with Elizabeth would make them a very wealthy family.

Elizabeth had a colorful and romantic dating life prior to her marriage with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Cohn">Marc Cohn</a>. She had a couple of relationships before her ever meeting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Cohn">Marc Cohn</a>. Elizabeth has two stepchildren, Emily and Max, from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Cohn">Marc</a>’s previous relationships. The couple has not been divorced but experienced a tragic accident when Cohn was shot during a carjacking incident in Denver, Colorado. Some assume that the stress from the incident might have put a strain on Elizabeth and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Cohn">Marc</a>’s marriage. However, the opposite was true as their marriage vows and unconditional love saved <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Cohn">Marc</a> who successfully made a full recovery from the shooting.

Elizabeth’s relationships before <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Cohn">Marc</a> were with very high profile men. Vargas had a romantic affair with famous <a href="/biography/michael-douglas">actor</a>, <a href="/biography/michael-douglas">Michael Douglas</a>. The couple shared some quality time romancing and shared sizzling chemistry in the 1990’s. However, <a href="/biography/michael-douglas">Michael Douglas</a> ended the affair with Elizabeth as he began dating New York Times <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen_Dowd">columnist</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen_Dowd">Maureen Dowd</a>. Elizabeth had to accept that a relationship with an actor would be intense but short lived because that was just how the typical actor operated.

According to the biography of the late legendary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_DiMaggio">baseball player</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_DiMaggio">Joe Di Maggio</a>, no other women ever replaced the love and passion he had for the beautiful <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe">actress</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe">Marilyn Monroe</a> but Elizabeth Vargas may have come close. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_DiMaggio">Joe</a> had a crush on Elizabeth and she brightened his final years as he was absolutely smitten by Elizabeth. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_DiMaggio">Joe</a> was an elder <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_DiMaggio">senior citizen</a> but he still had enough charm to attract a beautiful woman like Elizabeth. They engaged in a small affair before his death in 1999. Elizabeth was his final love, an accomplishment no other woman can claim. They were introduced to each other by a mutual friend and shared a comfortable relationship with numerous dinners and romantic meetings.

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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Cohn">Marc Cohn</a> was divorced and had two children from his previous marriage. His instant instinct infatuation for Elizabeth was very intense. Like the past men in her life, there was something about Elizabeth that drew <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Cohn">Marc</a> to her. The couple tied the knot and got married on July, 20 at the Council on Foreign Relations. Not only was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Cohn">Marc</a> mesmerized by the beauty with brains but his son got on his knees and asked Elizabeth if she would she be his <a href="/biography/elizabeth-vargas">stepmother</a>. It was a sweet moment and represented the acceptance and love that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Cohn">Marc</a>’s children had for their new mother.

The couple has been happily married for eleven years and has never been on the verge of getting divorced. Elizabeth did have to deal with some of her own personal problems as sad news hit the world when ABC confirmed in a New York Daily News article that Elizabeth was undergoing some serious therapy treatment for Alcoholism. She quit Good Morning America in 2013 to undergo rehab for her alcohol substance abuse. No one knows why she was addicted to drinking but the media speculated it was to mask problems in her marriage. She quickly recovered and made a comeback on January 24, 2014.

Even though Elizabeth and <a href="/biography/michael-douglas">Michael Douglas</a> had separated long ago, they still shared a strong connection after their romantic affair. It is believed that it was <a href="/biography/michael-douglas">Michael Douglas</a> who convinced Elizabeth to undergo rehab for her alcohol abuse. They were no longer lovers but <a href="/biography/michael-douglas">Michael</a> still deeply cared for Elizabeth as a person. <a href="/biography/michael-douglas">Michael</a>'s commitment to help his ex-lover was putting a strain on his relationship with his then wife. Catherine Zeta Zones, a beautiful actress much younger than <a href="/biography/michael-douglas">Michael</a> was unhappy with the support that <a href="/biography/michael-douglas">Michael</a> was providing to his ex lover. She did not believe that his only motivation was to help an old friend. She accused her husband of cheating with Elizabeth Vargas. T

o confront her addition, Elizabeth describes herself as an Alcoholic and admits that she is mostly into wine. The love and affection of her children restricted her alcohol abuse as they began to refer to alcohol as “Mommy’s Juice’’. Seeing how much her drinking affects her kids has given Elizabeth the drive to get better.

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