Who Is Drew Griffin Wife? Children, Net Worth At Death, Funeral

According to his family, the 60-year-old Drew Griffin, a renowned senior investigative correspondent for CNN, passed away on Saturday after a protracted fight with cancer. He lost the battle with cancer after a protracted illness on December 17, 2022.

Education:

Griffin earned a communications degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Career:

Griffin began his career at WICD-TV in Champaign, Illinois, as a reporter and cameraman. North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, and Washington have all employed Griffin. He began working as an investigative journalist when he joined KIRO-TV in Seattle. When he joined CBS 2 News in Los Angeles in January 1994, he not only worked as a reporter and anchor but also contributed to the creation of the station’s investigative reporting team.

Griffin covered Hurricane Katrina’s impact in September 2005. Griffin’s accounts of certain New Orleans police officers’ looting triggered a police investigation. He also revealed the story of deaths in nursing homes in the wake of Katrina. Griffin and CNN both received Peabody honours for their coverage of Hurricane Katrina.

Griffin spent over two decades on the network’s CNN investigative team, working on hundreds of stories and numerous documentaries. Awards for his reporting, including Emmys, Peabodys, and Murrows, have been given.

Family:

Besides his wife Margot, Griffin is survived by his three children: Louis and Miles Griffin, daughter Ele Gast, and two grandkids.

Achievements:

For his investigation of a Ford Motor Company car flaw that resulted in fires in some of the vehicles, Griffin was honoured with a Business and Financial Reporting Emmy Award in 2005.
His second Emmy was awarded to him in 2006 for the CNN Presents documentary How to Rob a Bank. For the Anderson Cooper 360° documentary Hidden Spending, which looked into congressional spending, he received his third Emmy in 2007.

Net worth:

Before his passing, Drew Griffin’s estimated net worth was $1 million, while his wife’s net worth is unknown.

Funeral

The authorities don’t specify the reason for death. The funeral services’ specifics might be made public later.