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Montel Brian Anthony Williams (born July 3, 1956) is a famous television
talk-show host. After graduating high school in 1974, Williams enlisted in
the United States Marine Corps in his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, where
his father served as Fire chief, and soon thereafter reported for duty at
Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. After six months, he was
meritoriously promoted twice, and in 1975, became the first black Marine
selected to the Naval Academy Preparatory School. Upon graduating from the
Academy's Prep School one year later, Williams received a presidential
appointment to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. While
at Annapolis, Mr. Williams studied Mandarin Chinese and graduated in 1980
with a Bachelor of Science in General Engineering and a minor in
International Security Affairs.
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He currently hosts his own TV show, Montel. Williams has portrayed a Navy
Seal Lieutenant in several episodes of the TV series JAG. He also played the
Judge presiding over Erica Kane's (Susan Lucci) murder trial on the ABC soap
opera All My Children in 2002. In 2003 he made a guest appearance on the
soap as himself to promote an episode of his own show where several of AMC's
star were scheduled to appear.
During an episode of his show that aired on May of 2004, Williams revealed
that he had considered committing suicide, after trying cocaine as an
alternative to legal medicines. He has been suffering physical pain for a
very long time due to multiple sclerosis, of which he was diagnosed in 1999.
For this reason he supports the legalization of marijuana as a pain relief
for people who suffer from painful terminal or incurable illnesses.
He has been nominated for three Daytime Emmy Awards. For Outstanding Talk
Show 2001 and 2002, and for Outstanding Talk Show Host in 2002. |
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