Merri Dee

**Mary Francine Dorham**, ma ọ bụ **Merri Dee** (Ọktoba 30, 1936 - Machị 16, 2022), bụ Onye ọrụ ebere na onye nta akụkọ telivishọn nke Amerika. A maara Dee nke ọma maka ọrụ ya dị ka onye na akọ akụkọ na ụlọ ọrụ telivishọn Chicago na ụlọ ọrụ cable WGN-TV (Channel 9) site na 1972 ruo 1983, na onye nduzi mmekọrịta obodo site na 1983 ruo 2008. Dee jere ozi dị ka onye isi oche na onye otu ndị isi nke Illinois chapter nke American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) site na 2009 ruo mgbe ọ nwụrụ na 2022.

## Akụkọ ndụ

### Mbido ndụ na agụmakwụkwọ
A mụrụ Dee Mary Francine Dorham na October 30, 1936 na Chicago, Illinois, nye John Blouin, Onye na-arụ ọrụ na biputere ọfịs, na Ethel Dorham. Nne ya malitere ịmụ nwa n'oge ya na di ya na aga Chicago ka ha na agagharị n'etiti Chicago na New Orleans n'ihi ọrụ. A zụlitere ya na Katọlik.

Mgbe nne ya nwụsịrị na 1939, a zụlitere Dee dị afọ abụọ na New Orleans, nna ya lụrụ di ọzọ afọ anọ ka e mesịrị. Nwa ikpeazụ n'ime ụmụ isii, nne nne ya metọrọ ya ma zigara ya n'ụlọ ụmụ mgbei. Dee kọwara na ya na nne nne ya na-etolite n'ajụjụ ọnụ ya na Akụkọ ndụ ojii nke oge a:Ọ metọrọ m nke ukwuu... Ọ kuchiri m [mgbe ọnwụ Blouin gasịrị] wee gbanwee aha m ka ezinụlọ m wee ghara inyere m aka. Ọ dị egwu.   &#x5B;**'&#x5D;</sup></blockquote>Dee laghachiri Chicago dị ka onye nọ n'afọ iri na ụma wee malite ịga Englewood Technical Prep Academy, gụsịrị akwụkwọ na 1955. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ sekọndrị, Dee laghachiri New Orleans ịga Mahadum Xavier, na achụso nzere na nchịkwa azụmaahịa; o mechara hapụ, chọta ọrụ dị ka onye na ere ahịa na IBM iji kwado ụmụnne ya. Dee nwetara ọrụ izizi ya na ụlọ ọrụ redio WBEE, nke dị na Harvey, Illinois.

=== Ọrụ na redio ===
N'ime afọ abụọ sochirinụ, Dee ghọrọ onye ama ama na redio Chicago. N'afọ 1968, ọ malitere ịnabata mmemme ntụrụndụ na ụlọ ọrụ WCIU (channel 26) nke na amalite n'oge ahụ n'abalị Satọdee. N'afọ 1971, Dee ghọrọ onye na-elekọta The Merri Dee ihe ngosi, ihe ngosi mkparịta ụka n'ógbè ahụ na ụlọ ọrụ WSNS nwere onwe ya n'oge ahụ (channel 44, ugbu a bụ ụlọ ọrụ Telemundo nwere ma na-arụ ọrụ).   <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#x5B;**'&#x5D;

Na Julaị 17, 1971, a tọọrọ wee gbagbuo Dee na onye amateur psychic Alan Sandler, onye ọbịa na ihe ngosi ya. Sandler nwụrụ, ebe Dee lanarịrị. Ha abụọ apụọla iri nri abalị, mgbe ha laghachiri na studio WSNS-TV, Samuel Drew dị afọ 21 bịakwutere ụgbọ ala ha. Drew wee mee Dee ụgbọala gaa n'ebe dịpụrụ adịpụ, ebe ọ gbagburu onye nke ọ bụla n'ime ha ugboro abụọ n'azụ isi n'ebe oghere oghere tupu ọ tụpụ ha n'ụgbọ ala wee pụọ.. Dee jisiri ike gbadaa n'okporo ụzọ awara awara, ebe a napụtara ya, kpọga ya n'ụlọ ọgwụ, ma gwọọ ya maka ọnyá ya. Ndị dọkịta atụghị anya na ọ ga-adị ndụ, a gụkwara Dee emume ikpeazụ ya ugboro abụọ, otu ugboro site n'aka enyi ya Reverend Jesse Jackson.

Mgbe otu afọ nke mgbake na mwakpo ahụ gasịrị, Dee laghachiri na mgbasa ozi na 1972, ghọrọ arịlịka maka ụlọ ọrụ nweere onwe ya mgbe ahụ WGN-TV's 10 p.m. mgbasa ozi. Mgbe ọ nọrọ afọ iri na otu na WGN-TV n'ọnọdụ dị iche iche nke ikuku, Dee kwagara n'ọnọdụ ikuku na 1984, ghọrọ onye isi ụlọ ọrụ mmepe obodo na onye njikwa nke WGN-TV Children's Charities, ebe ọ nọrọ ruo mgbe ọ lara ezumike nká na ụlọ ọrụ ahụ. ọdụ n'oge mgbụsị akwụkwọ nke 2008, na-enyere aka iweta $31 nde na onyinye maka atụmatụ ọrụ ebere dị iche iche nke ọdụ n'oge ahụ. Dee wee sonye na Council Advisory Mayor on Women for the City of Chicag  wee bụrụ onye otu ndị ọrụ afọ ofufo nke Illinois chapter nke AARP, tupu a họpụta ya dịka onye isi ala AARP otu afọ ka e mesịrị. 

### Ọrụ ebere na otuto
Na mgbakwunye na ọrụ telivishọn na redio ya, Dee arụwokwa ọrụ dị iche iche dị ka akụkụ nke ọtụtụ ọrụ ebere na òtù. Dee nyere aka dee akwụkwọ ikike nke ndị merụrụ ahụ nke mbụ na 1992, nke ndị omeiwu steeti Illinois kwadoro, ma bụrụ ihe nlereanya maka steeti ndị ọzọ iji mee iwu ikike nke ndị ha merụrụ ahụ. O guzobere mmemme Ndị na-eme egwuregwu Chicago maka agụmakwụkwọ ka mma . Dee jere ozi dị ka onye na-elekọta telivishọn nke United Negro College Fund's "Evening of Stars" fundraiser ruo ihe karịrị afọ iri abụọ ma na-akwado telethons na-abara Easter Seals uru. Dee mepụtara "Nwa Na-echere", akụkụ ikuku na-agbasa na WGN-TV, na-eme ka ụmụaka nọ na usoro itinye ụmụaka chọrọ ụlọ nkuchi. Omume ahụ mere ka Dee nweta ọtụtụ onyinye, gụnyere ịsọpụrụ ya na Onyinye Nkwado nke Ọma site na Ngalaba Ahụike na Ọrụ Mmadụ nke US na 2004.   &#x5B;**'&#x5D;</sup>

Gọvanọ Illinois n'oge ahụ bụ Jim Edgar nyere Dee na WGN-TV otuto na 1998 maka inye aka na mmụba pasent 50 na ọnụ ọgụgụ nkuchi na steeti ahụ. N'afọ 2000, Mahadum Lewis nyere ya nzere Doctorate nke Humanities; n'afọ sochirinụ, Dee meriri Academy of Television Arts and Sciences 'Ihe nrite okirikiri Silver. Mahadum nke Illinois 'Center na Women na Gender sọkwara Dee na Lifetime Achievement Award na 2003; na 2004, United Negro College Fund sọpụrụ ya na Ihe nrite Onye isi ala.   <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#x5B;**'&#x5D;

Dee jere ozi dị ka onye otu ndị isi maka Ronald McDonald House Charities, Mmezu nke Junior n'ụwa niile, na Associated Colleges of Illinois; dị ka onye so na bọọdụ maka Nzuko nke National College Summit na onye otu Kansụl onye ọka iwu steeti Illinois na ime ihe ike. Na Jenụwarị 2011, Dee ghọrọ otu n'ime mmadụ isii a nabatara na National Association of Black Journalists" nnukwu ọnụ ụlọ ndị ama ama . 

## Ndụ onwe onye
Dee lụrụ ugboro abụọ wee mụọ ụmụ abụọ. Alụmdi na nwunye mbụ ya bụ mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na ụma wee mụọ nwa nwanyị, Toya Monet. O nwekwara nwa nwoke e kuchiri, onye ọka iwu Richard H. Wright. Dee lụrụ di ya nke abụọ, Nicolas Fulop, site na 1999 ruo ọnwụ ya nke akọpụtara na Machị 16, 2022.;  dị ka ndị ezinụlọ si kwuo, ọ nwụrụ n'otu abalị n'ụra ya n'ụlọ. 

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