Jamie Krauss Hess

Jamie Krauss was always meant to be on television. Outgoing and precocious even as a pre-schooler, Jamie did her fist interview at the largely attended bi-centennial celebration of the Statue of Liberty. With hundreds of celebrities, dignitaries and politicians around, Jamie sidled up to her subject, Henry Kissinger, and got right down to the important topic: "What is your favorite flavor of ice cream, and do you like sprinkles or hot fudge?" Jamie was only five years old. It was around that age when her mother, Joan Lunden, began bringing her to all of Good Morning America (1975)'s biggest events. She had an innate love of being on-set, and watching a television show broadcast. Joan often sat Jamie on the side, and would return to find her "pre-interviewing" her next guest, whether it was a movie star or an ex-president. On take-you-daughters-to-work-day, it was clear to Lunden what her daughter was born to do, and she would always set up an opportunity for Jamie to interview her fa