Personal Life
Carr was born at the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary (now Holt Hall) in Portland, Maine, to Frances Stokes Sutton and Howard Louis Carr, Sr. Carr was raised by an aunt in Portland. Howard Louis Carr, Sr. died on October 1, 2008 at the age of 103.
Howie Carr graduated from Deerfield Academy and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). At UNC, Carr was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and wrote at student newspaper The Daily Tar Heel.
Carr's first marriage produced two daughters. Since 1993, Carr has lived in Wellesley, Massachusetts with his second wife, Kathy, and their three daughters: Carolyn (born 1994), Charlotte (born 1995), and Christina (born 1997).
In March 2007, Carr had a melanoma removed from his forehead.
On July 10, 2009, Carr underwent hip replacement surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. Although Carr was supposed to be off the air for several weeks, he was able to "call in" and begin the show as if he were in the studio, although he was actually still in bed at Mass General. More recently, Carr has undergone cosmetic surgery, including liposuction, hair restoration, and varicose vein removal, apparently for promotional consideration.
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