Charlie LeDuff
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| Born | Charles Royal LeDuff January 1, 1966 Portsmouth, Virginia, United States |
| Occupation | Journalist, author |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
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Charles "Charlie" Royal LeDuff was born on January 1, 1966. He is an American journalist, writer, and media personality. Previously employed by The Detroit News, he left in October 2010 after two years and joined Detroit Fox affiliate WJBK Channel 2 to do on-air journalism. LeDuff left Fox 2 Detroit on December 1st, 2016. LeDuff has won a number of prestigious journalism awards, including a Pulitzer Prize, and has also faced accusations of plagiarism and distortion in his career.
Charlie LeDuff was born in Portsmouth, Virginia. He is one eighth Ojibway. He discovered as an adult that his paternal grandfather was Creole (of African and French descent).
LeDuff grew up in Westland, Michigan. He attended Winston Churchill High School in Livonia, Michigan and the University of Michigan. At the University of Michigan, Leduff was a brother of the Theta Delta Chi Fraternity. His father served in the U.S. Navy. His parents' marriage ended in divorce. He has a deceased sister and stepbrother. LeDuff has four surviving siblings. He has lived in many cities around the country and the world. Before joining The New York Times, LeDuff worked as a schoolteacher and carpenter in Michigan and a cannery hand in Alaska. He has also worked as a baker in Denmark.
LeDuff currently lives with his wife, Amy Kuzniar (born November 19, 1969), and daughter, Claudette (born in 2006), in Pleasant Ridge, Michigan, a northern suburb of Detroit. He considers himself a political independent, and is a practicing Roman Catholic. LeDuff is also a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa tribe of Michigan.
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