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After 41 year0s as host of TV’s “Wheel of Fortune,” Pat Sajak has retired.
But co-star Vanna White hasn’t. She’s been turning the letters since 1982. It wasn’t long after joining the show that Vanna was as well-known as Pat.
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I met her in 1987 when she wrote a memoir called Vanna Speaks, a reference to the fact that, in those years, she never said anything on the show.
I spoke with her at the noisy convention of the American Booksellers Association – an event that, it turns out, Vanna had a history with, as you’ll hear shortly.
So, here now, from 1987, Vanna White.
Vanna White is 67 now. She is signed to remain on the show through 2026.