Carole Radziwill
| Carole DiFalco Radziwiłł | |
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| Born | Carole DiFalco |
| Occupation | Journalist, author |
| Notable credit(s) | "What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship and Love" |
| Spouse | Anthony Radziwill (deceased) |
Carole DiFalco Radziwiłł (Princess Carole DeFalco Radziwill) is a Princess by marriage,journalist and author in the United States.
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[edit] Career
DiFalco began her news career at ABC in New York in 1986 as an unpaid intern in postproduction for 20/20, a news magazine show.[1] She was later assigned to "Close Up" as a production secretary. She eventually worked for Peter Jennings's documentary unit, producing shows on abortion and gun control, and covering foreign policy stories in Cambodia, Haiti and India.
In 1991, DiFalco was stationed in Israel and reported on the SCUD missile attacks during the Gulf War. In 2003, during the War on Afghanistan, she spent six weeks in Khandahar, embedded with an infantry unit of the 101st Airborne Division. She produced segments for an ABC-TV show called Profiles From the Frontline. She has won several awards, including three Emmys, one for a story she produced on land mines in Cambodia, and a Peabody.[citation needed] She is now part of the cast of the Real Housewives of New York City for Season 5.
[edit] Personal life
On August 27, 1994, DiFalco married fellow ABC News producer Prince Anthony Radziwill in East Hampton, New York.[2] Radziwill was the only son of prince Stanislas Radziwill and Lee Radziwill[2] (younger sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis). He died on August 10, 1999 at age 40 after a five-year battle with cancer.
DiFalco was close friends with Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, who was married to her husband's cousin John F. Kennedy, Jr.. Bessette-Kennedy and Kennedy Jr. perished less than four weeks before her husband's death.
[edit] Work
After her husband's death, Radziwill left ABC News to write a memoir about her childhood, 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".[3][4]
In 2006, Radziwill signed with Glamour magazine to write a monthly column called "Lunch Date". Her Lunch Dates have included former mayor Rudy Giuliani,[5] and Hollywood actors Antonio Banderas,[6] Rachel Weisz,[7] and Alec Baldwin.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ What Remains, p. 63-64.
- ^ a b "Chronicle", New York Times, August 29, 1994.
- ^ Kantor, Jodi (October 30, 2005). "Ask Not - New York Times Book Review". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/books/review/30kantor.html?.
- ^ Radziwill, Carole (October 30, 2005). "What Remains, 1st Chapter". Republished with permission by The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/books/chapters/1030-1st-radziwill.html?8bu&emc=bu.
- ^ Lunch date with Rudolph Giuliani, Glamour. August 1, 2006.
- ^ "This Guy Loves Women" -Lunch date with Antonio Banderas, Glamour. September 3, 2007.
- ^ Lunch date with Rachel Weisz, Glamour. October 1, 2006.
- ^ Lunch date with Alec Baldwin, Glamour. January 1, 2007.
