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Matt Lauer stands on a red carpet in a black tuxedo with a bow tie, smiling, at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner. Katie Couric and Matt Lauer talk with Jimmy Buffett, who wears a light blue shirt and colorful suspenders, during a segment on NBC's Today Show.
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Matt Lauer

American journalist and television host
Also known as: Matthew Todd Lauer
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Matt Lauer (born December 30, 1957, New York City, New York, U.S.) is an American journalist and television host best known as the cohost (1997–2017) of Today, a weekday morning news and talk show airing on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) television network. He was fired from his job amid allegations of inappropriate behavior that became public as part of the Me Too movement. Lauer’s television career began in 1979, when he left Ohio University...

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