Ellis G. Cannon is an American

United States

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 talk show

Talk show

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 host, television personality and publisher.

He was born on March 28, 1959 and was raised in Midland

Midland, Pennsylvania

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, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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. He graduated from Lincoln High School in Midland in 1977. Cannon received his B.A. and J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh

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 in 1981 and 1984, respectively.

Between 1984-1996, Cannon was a trial lawyer in the Pittsburgh law firm of Robb, Leonard & Mulvihill, highlighted by a successful representation of the Major League Baseball Players Association

Major League Baseball Players Association

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