Trivia

Raised a Roman Catholic. His mother and one of his brothers committed suicide, and a sibling had a fatal heart attack.

Began radio career at age 13 in Seattle.

Discontinued Glenn Beck (2009) on the Fox News Channel, and started GBTV.com [September 2011].

Father of four children: teenagers Hannah and Mary (who has cerebral palsy) by his first wife; Raphe (adopted in 2004) and Cheyenne (born in 2006) by his second wife, Tania.

Favorite songs: "Haven't Met You Yet" by Michael Bublé, "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga.

[2009] A resident of New Canaan, Connecticut.

Graduated from Sehome High School in Bellingham, Washington, and took a single theology class at Yale University. Dropped out from Yale around the time of the divorce from his first wife. (1982)

Publisher of Fusion Magazine and TheBlaze.com.

Admitted to a New York hospital with appendicitis on November 3, 2009.

Has a production company called Mercury Radio Arts.

Began the Glenn Beck radio program in 2002.

Diagnosed with the eye disease macular dystrophy [July 20, 2010].

His first jobs was working in his father's bakery and, later, at a radio station.

Release of his book, "An Inconvenient Book: Real Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems" by Glenn with Kevin Balfe. (November 2007)

Release of his book, "The Real America: Messages From the Heart and Heartland". (September 2003)

Release of his book, "Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine" by Glenn with Joseph Kerry. (June 2009)

Release of his book, "The Christmas Sweater: A Picture Book" by Glenn with Kevin Balfe and Jason Wright. (November 2008)

Release of his novel, "The Overton Window". (June 2010)

In late February 2014, Glenn Beck interviewed Google officials Eric E. Schmidt and Jared Cohen on the "Glenn Beck Program" on Beck's Internet-based television network, The Blaze, which he started after leaving FOX News. Beck quipped that he had expected Schmidt and Cohen to cancel their appearance when they realized who they were dealing with, but both guests agreed that they not only knew who Beck is but they would not have missed a first-hand look at his operation since they believe that Internet-based networks are the future of television.

Release of his book, "Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government". (September 2009)

Texas, USA: Living and working. (December 2011)