# Whatever happened to CNN's Susan Rook?

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**Created:** [January 27, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-cnns-susan-rook/226283 "2004-01-27T14:04:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-cnns-susan-rook/226283/1 "2004-01-27T14:04:26Z")

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It seems in recent years (from some cursory Googling I had done) that she’s become a “recovery advocate.” So. . . Did she get cashiered from CNN for substance abuse (of whatever kind) or did that happen after she left CNN? I do remember her getting married back in the early 90s, so maybe she just left. Anyone??? (She was quite a cutie, and I had a big crush on her way back when.)

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**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2004, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-cnns-susan-rook/226283/2 "2004-01-28T06:41:55Z")

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I don’t know about Susan Rook, but Lynn Russell was fantastic. You’ve gotta like a female news anchor who was a licensed private eye, bodyguard, had two black belts, and wore a .380 strapped to her thigh all the time. Oh yeah, and she was a deputy sheriff, too.

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**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2004, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-cnns-susan-rook/226283/3 "2004-01-28T07:20:54Z")

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> [@Sam Stone](#):
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> I don’t know about Susan Rook, but Lynn Russell was fantastic. You’ve gotta like a female news anchor who was a licensed private eye, bodyguard, had two black belts, and wore a .380 strapped to her thigh all the time. Oh yeah, and she was a deputy sheriff, too.

I always thought Lynn Russell looked a lot like Donald Fagen did in Steely Dan’s early days. 😃