Early Life
Guggenheim was born into a prominent German Jewish family in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Ruth (Stix) and Jack Albert Guggenheim. His father and grandfather had a furniture business. He suffered from dyslexia as a child but the condition went undiagnosed and he was thought to be a "slow learner." He did not learn to read until the age of nine. While studying farming at Colorado A&M in 1943, Guggenheim was drafted into the United States Army assigned to the 106th Division. Due to a severe foot infection, he avoided active duty in the Battle of the Bulge. Upon discharge from the service, he finished his college education at University of Iowa in 1948 and then moved to New York City to pursue a career in broadcasting.
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