[6] While at USC he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. In season one episode 4 titled "Rangeboy", Gifford and his wife Kathie Lee appeared in the February 28, 1995, episode of the ABC sitcom Coach, titled "The Day I Met Frank Gifford", in which a character on the show plots to meet the former football star who will attend an event to receive an award. He is a 1952 graduate of University of Southern California. To help out with damage control, he visited the factory, carrying $7,500 in cash so he could hand out hundred-dollar bills to the workers who'd been stiffed. In a new interview with People magazine, the daughter of former TODAY co-host Kathie Lee Gifford opened up about the recent celebration, sharing intimate details about the special day. She moved to Vail, Colo., in 1977, and Frank's "Monday Night Football" partner, Don Meredith, and his wife visited her that Christmas. After earning the grades, he enrolled for USC and received full scholarship. "He takes out this magnificent ring," she revealed. Frank Gifford 1930-2015 - CBS News Diane Rooker: Facts About Dan Haggertys Ex-wife, Victoria Averbach: Facts About Willie Aames Ex-wife, Asake Bomani: Facts about Danny Glovers ex-wife, Ryan Reynolds Height: How Tall is the actor? In the novel, Gifford becomes the narrator's hero while both are at USC. Kathie Lee Epstein was born on August 16, 1953, in Paris, France. Astrid Gifford (N), 79 - Longmont, CO Public Reputation - MyLife He was married to Kathie Lee Gifford, Astrid Gifford and Maxine Avis Ewart. The couple settled in Greenwich, Connecticut, with their son, Cody Newton Gifford and daughter, Cassidy Erin Gifford. He was married to television host Kathie Lee Gifford from 1986 until his death. Until that point, she admitted, Frank had never given her a reason to mistrust him. He was there with the show for about 27 out of 28 years of the show. 50 Of Hollywoods Juiciest Confessions. She is the second wife of Gifford, who by profession was a fitness trainer.