Rebecca Diamond (born January 30, 1967) is a former contributor on the

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and the

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Biography

Born Rebecca Lee Gomez, the daughter of Nadine Ramirez and Leandro Olmos Gomez,New York Times: "Rebecca Gomez, Brett Diamond"
October 11, 2008 Diamond graduated in 1991 from the

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, where she majored in

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. She worked as an anchor/reporter for

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and as a business writer for

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. She also worked as a reporter/anchor for local affiliate television stations in

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;

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; and

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. She joined Fox News as a news update anchor when the network was launched in 1996. She hosted the

TV show ''Happy Hour'' which was broadcast live from the Bull & Bear bar in the

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. ''Happy Hour'' aired at 5pm Eastern on the

; the final episode was aired on June 4, 2010. Diamond now appears as a contributor on other

and Fox Business Network. Diamond has a fan following on

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. In 2008, she married Brett Edward Diamond in a

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ceremony at St. Vincent Ferrer Church in

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presided over by Fox news contributor Father Jonathan Morris. She was born in

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and currently lives in

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. In 2011, Diamond sued Bill O'Reilly for

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after her contract with Fox Business was not renewed. They settled, and O'Reilly personally paid the amount.

References

External links

*http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-fox-oreilly-settlements-20170401-story.html
FoxBusiness.com bio
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