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American attorney, journalist and talk show host (born )

For the talk show, see Geraldo (talk show)."Gerald Rivera" redirects here. For the American singer-songwriter, see Maxwell (musician).

Geraldo Rivera (born Gerald Rivera; July 4, )^[1][2] is an American journalist, attorney, author, and political commentator who worked at the Fox News Channel from to ^[3] He hosted the tabloid talk show Geraldo from to He gained publicity with the live TV special The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults.

Rivera hosted the news magazine program Geraldo at Large, hosts the occasional broadcast of Geraldo Rivera Reports (in lieu of hosting At Large). He served as a rotating co-host of The Five from to As of February , Rivera retains the spot of correspondent-at-large with NewsNation.^[4]

Early life

Rivera was born at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City, the son of Lillian (née Friedman; &#;) and Cruz "Allen" Rivera (–