What was Katherine Creag’s net worth at the time of her death?
Katherine Creag was a Filipino-American television journalist who had a net worth of $2 million at the time of her death. She worked for WNBC for about ten years.
Creag was fondly referred to as “Kat” by viewers and colleagues.
She was described as having had “boundless energy.”
Biography
She was born on December 26, 1973, in Manila, Philippines.
Creag was fluent in Tagalog, an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines.
Her mother was Cecilia Creag, while her father was Valentino Creag.
Kat attended high school in Chicago.
In 1996, she graduated from New York University. Before graduation, Kat stayed awake for three straight days to finish a final project.
Creag began her career at NY1 in New York.
In 1998, Kat left NY1 and joined WTVH (CBS 5). In 2000, she joined WSOC-TV in Charlotte, North Carolina.
From February 2005 to October 2010, Creag worked for WNYW-TV/Fox 5 News.
WNBC
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In 2011, Kat started at WNBC in NYC and covered various topics. Some of the programs she was active in include – “News 4 New York,” “Weekend Today in New York,” and “Today in New York.”
She earned a 2014 National Emmy.
Husband
On September 2, 2006, Katherine Creag married Bill Gafner at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in Manhattan.
Bill Gafner works as a financial trader.
Kat and Bill had three children: a son named Jackson and two daughters named Josephine and Gemma.
Death
Katherine Creag passed away on February 10, 2021.
She was 47.
“She worked tirelessly for our city,” New York Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted.
“Our thoughts are with her family at this time,” Eric Lerner, President and General Manager of NBC 4 New York, said.
“I think the thing when I think about Kat is ‘she brought joy to her job every day,'” television news anchor at WNBC Michael Gargiulo said. He added: “She was serious when she needed to be. Every now and then, Kat could be Kat on one of her live shots, and I remember last week she was at the shore of the Jersey Shore, and she had snow goggles on.”
“The smile was always there, and she was always reminding everybody to be grateful for what they had, and that’s something that I will always remember her for, and I will take with me, and I will try to remind myself to be grateful every day because this world is not going to be the same without her,” television reporter Lauren Scala revealed in the same editorial.
“She was thoughtful, funny, and relentless,” WNBC’s vice president of news, Amy Morris, said.
Her funeral was held at Upper East Side Church.
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Net Worth & Salary
So, how much was Katherine Creag worth at the time of her death?
Creag earned most of her wealth from her career as a television journalist, especially for working for NBC News/WNBC for a decade.
Katherine Creag’s annual salary was undisclosed, but NBC News journalists earn around $200K per year.
She was represented by N.S. Bienstock.
Therefore, Katherine Creag had an estimated net worth of $2 million.
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