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Due to Dan Rather's long tenure on "CBS Evening News," many people grew up watching him. However, while we may be familiar with hearing him deliver info about events all around the world, most of us likely don't know a lot about the man himself. Away from the news desk, Dan had a sweet love story with his wife, Jean Rather. Dan met Jean when they both worked at a Texas radio station in the late 1950s, and his news career was just getting started. "In my case, it was love at first sight. Not only was she so intelligent, she was smoking hot," Dan explained to Closer in 2020.

The veteran newscaster reminisced about his early romance with Jean in his memoir, "Rather Outspoken," noting that he upped his own grooming routine in his

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