Maurice Richard "Maury" Povich (born January 17, 1939) is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 TV

Television

Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

 talk show

Talk show

A talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....

 host who currently hosts his self-titled talk show Maury

Maury (TV series)

Maury is a syndicated American tabloid talk show hosted by Maury Povich.When the series first aired in 1991, the show was called The Maury Povich Show and was produced by MoPo Productions in association with Paramount Domestic Television...

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Povich was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Ethyl (née Friedman) and Washington Post sportswriter Shirley Povich

Shirley Povich

Shirley Lewis Povich was an American sports columnist and reporter for the Washington Post.-Biography:Povich's parents were Jewish immigrants from Lithuania...

, and was the second of three children. His paternal grandfather, Nathan Povich, immigrated from Lithuania to the United States in 1878; Nathan was 12 at the time.