Is Don Lemon's father still alive?

Don Lemon is an American television journalist who hosts Don Lemon Tonight on CNN.

The 55-year-old has carved out a successful career as a news reporter, winning an Edward R. Murrow Award and three regional Emmy Awards along the way.

Tom Richardson and Reba (Scott) Pynes are the parents of Wilmon Richardson.

Mrs. Oille Doddins, who lived in Chicago, Illinois in 1975, was at least one of his sisters.

Richardson married Annie Lawson on August 11, 1950 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Who is Wilmon Lee Richardson?

Wilmon Richardson, Don’s father, was an attorney.

In Don’s hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, he was a part of a lawsuit that successfully challenged segregation on public transit.

Is Don Lemon’s father still alive?

Lemon was born with his mother’s then-surname husband’s and learned that Wilmon was his father when he was five years old.

Don revealed on Twitter in 2016 that his father died of diabetes while he was still a toddler.

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