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American journalist and political commentator
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December 17, 1945, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. (age 78)
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Chris Matthews (born December 17, 1945, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.) American journalist and political commentator best known as the host of Hardball with Chris Matthews, a nightly talk show on the television news network MSNBC. Matthews was raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia and graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in 1967. He studied economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and served in the Peace Corps from 1968 to 1970. For the next 15 years, Matthews worked in politics and government, running unsuccessfully for the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1974. During ...(100 of 339 words)

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