Entertainer Leeza Gibbons named to key Alzheimer’s post
November 15th, 2007
From the Associated Press in the Washington Post:
Actress and talk show host Leeza Gibbons, whose mother has Alzheimer’s disease, has been named to the board that oversees California’s stem cell research agency.
The former “Entertainment Tonight” host will fill the Alzheimer’s advocate seat on the 29-member panel that oversees the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which doles out $300 million annually in research grants. She was appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Gibbons, 50, spent a decade as a host of “Entertainment Tonight” and had a daytime talk show called “Leeza” from 1994 to 2000. Last year, she had a short-lived run on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars.”


