Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Money & Business

Planning to Retire by Emily Brandon

Geraldo Rivera, 65, Has No Plans to Retire

September 12, 2008 03:15 PM ET | Emily Brandon | Permanent Link | Print

At age 65, Geraldo Rivera doesn't consider himself close to retirement. "With a 3-year-old, and five kids total, I'm not going to quit," he told the Birmingham (Ala.) News. "I've got two years left on this contract, and I'm thinking I'll work maybe three years after that. Seventy would be a good age."

Rivera, currently in Texas tracking Hurricane Ike, hosts Geraldo at Large on Fox News. He also produced and hosted The Geraldo Rivera Show for 11 years. Prominent stories he has covered include the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Iraqi elections from Baghdad, the O. J. Simpson civil trial, an exclusive interview with Michael Jackson the evening before his trial on child molestations charges, and an investigation into Elvis Presley's death for the news show 20/20.

The world traveler and veteran foreign correspondent says, "I've got my weekend show, and I've got my regular Friday slot on O'Reilly, and if anything big comes up like Gustav, I'll go cover it. I've been to Iraq nine times already." Rivera has also reported breaking news from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Chile, Guatemala, the Philippines, Nicaragua, Lebanon, Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Colombia. But he wouldn't mind slowing down a bit to spend more time with his children. "I have a 3-year-old, so to the extent I can, I also like to be close to home," Rivera says.

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Hopefully he can do it

Good for him to keep working. I think if you can, then you should keep working. Why quit just because you could? Keep working so that you can enjoy more/have more later. Of course, who am I to talk - I'm still too young to do any of it, so what do I know. ;)

The Buffoon should just shut up and go away. Why he is on FNC, I'll never know. He could just go and join 'Toastmasters' as he loves to hear himself talk. If we are lucky, they will send him to Cuba to sit on the beach and watch for hurricanes.

Geraldo, oh no

We've all been sick of Geraldo for years; ever since he got his nose broken with a chair.

He's got a right to work; it's nobodys business.

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