Birth Place: Newick, East Sussex, England
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 03/30/1965, Aries
Profession: Journalist; reality-show judge
Piers Morgan was born Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan on 30 March 1965 in Sussex.Piers Morgan went to Chailey Comprehensive, Lewes Priory Sixth Form College and Harlow Journalism College.After a stint with Lloyd's of London, Piers Morgan was a reporter with the Surrey and South London Newspaper Group, before becoming Showbusiness Editor of the Sun from 1989 to 1994.
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Piers Morgan left News of the World to become Editor of the arch-rival Daily Mirror. A position he held until May 2004, when Morgan was sacked following the Mirror's publication of fake photographs of soldiers seemingly abusing Iraqis.
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Though Piers Morgan's early career was spent contributing to various journalistic endeavors in British tabloid media -- he was the editor for both The Daily World and News of the World -- he is perhaps best known for his role as a judge along with fellow Britons Simon Cowell and Amanda Holden on Britain's Got Talent.
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Morgan appeared as a celebrity contestant on Comic Relief Does The Apprentice in 2007; in 2008 he would reprise this "role" for NBC's celebrity edition of The Apprentice with Donald Trump.
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* Became the editor of News of the World at just 28 years old.
* Organized the Pride of Britain awards in 1999 during his time at the Daily Mirror.
* Created the children's newspaper First News in 2006.
* Broke three ribs after a fall from a Segway in 2007.
* Won the 2008 edition of The Celebrity Apprentice.
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* Marion Shalloe - Ex-wife
* Spencer Morgan - Son
* Stanley Morgan - Son
* Albert Morgan - Son
* Glynne Pughe-Morgan - Father
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* Celia Walden - Wife
* College:
* Attended Harlow College, Essex, England (journalism)
Piers MorganPiers Morgan is on the offensive after yet another claim he’s involved in the British hacking scandal. The latest hit : A 2009 interview with the BBC where he addressed shady practices on Fleet Street. “My answer was not specific . . . but a general observation about tabloid newspaper reporters and private investigators,” the CNN host said in a statement Wednesday, again denying he ever hacked a .
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