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Birth Name: Louis Carl Dobbs
Date of Birth: September 24, 1945
Place of Birth: Childress, Texas, U.S.
Date of Death: July 18, 2024
Place of Death: West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
Ethnicity: English, some Scots-Irish/Northern Irish/Irish and Scottish, distant Welsh, German, Dutch, French, and Swedish, remote Swiss-German, Cornish, and Czech
Lou Dobbs was an American political commentator, author, television host, and conspiracy theorist. He was the host and managing editor of television show Moneyline / Lou Dobbs Moneyline / Lou Dobbs Tonight , from 1980 to 1999, again, from 2001 to 2009, and again, from 2011 to 2021; and a host of radio show Lou Dobbs Radio , from 2008 to 2012, and The Great America Show , from 2021 to 2024, his death. He was a network vice president of, and reporter for, CNN, working there at its inception in 1980; he later founded network CNNfn, and co-created space exploration publication Space.com. A conservative, he was known for his opposition to trade deals and immigration.
Lou was the son of Lydia Mae, a bookkeeper, and Frank Dobbs, who co-owned a propane business. He was partly raised in Rupert, Idaho. Lou was married to CNN sports anchor Debi Lee Segura, until his death, with whom he had four children. Debi was of Mexican descent.
Lou’s paternal grandfather was Dr. Stephen Jesse William Dobbs, MD (the son of James Dobbs and Mary Ann “Polly” Epperson). Stephen was born in Bradley County, Tennessee. Mary Ann was born in Scott County, Virginia, the daughter of Stephen Thomas Epperson and Elizabeth “Polly” Wolfe/Wolf.
Lou’s paternal grandmother was Daisy Belle Dallas (the daughter of Jabez Marshall Dallas/Dallis and Mary Jane Atwater). Daisy was born in Thomson, McDuffie County, Georgia. Jabez was the son of J. Thomas Dallis, whose mother was Irish; and of Rebecca Miller Gullatt. Lou’s great-grandmother Mary Jane was born in Upson County, Georgia, the daughter of The Rev. Edmond/Edmund Browder Atwater and Martha Patterson Snipes.
Lou’s maternal grandfather was William Perry Hensley (the son of Augustus Curtis “Gus” Hensley and Missouri Jane/Julia Cox). William was born in Missouri. Augustus was born in Knox County, Tennessee, the son of George William/Washington Barger “Bill” Hensley and Lauray/Laurey Matilda “Laura” Henson. Missouri was born in Buffalo, Dallas County, Missouri, the daughter of Samuel Benton Cox and Elizabeth Wright/Ellison.
Lou’s maternal grandmother was Dora Ann Pumphrey (the daughter of Richard Toliver Pumphrey and Susannah/Susanna Caroline Baker). Dora was born in Boone County, Arkansas. Richard was born in Cannon County, Tennessee, the son of Lewis Richard Pumphrey and Eliza/Elizabeth Reed. Lou’s great-grandmother Susannah was born in Tennessee, the daughter of Noahdiah Levi Baker and Elizabeth A. Reeves.
Sources: Genealogies of Lou Dubbs – https://www.geni.com https://www.findagrave.com