Rick Steves
American travel writer and television host
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| 2024 | Endorsed Kamala Harris for president in the 2024 presidential election. |
| December 2024 | Steves gave an introspective interview about his life and career for a New York Times podcast, reflecting on the personal costs of his travel writing profession. |
| October 2024 | Steves underwent surgery for his prostate cancer. |
| August 2024 | Steves announced his prostate cancer diagnosis. |
| 2021 | Became chairman of the board of directors for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). |
| 2020 | Rick Steves publicly endorsed Joe Biden's presidential campaign. |
| December 2019 | Steves began dating Reverend Shelley Bryan Wee, Bishop of the Northwest Washington Synod in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. |
| June 2019 | Announced that his tour company would donate $1 million annually to environmental nonprofits to offset carbon emissions from his travel programs. |
| 2017 | Donated the $4 million Trinity Place apartment complex to the YWCA to continue supporting homeless women and children. |
| January 20 2017 | Donated $50,000 to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) by matching the total purchases made on his website on Donald Trump's inauguration day. |
| 2016 | Rick Steves publicly endorsed Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. |
| 2011 | Donated US$1 million to the Edmonds Center for the Arts and Cascade Symphony Orchestra to support the arts. |
| 2010 | His company releases the mobile phone application 'Rick Steves' Audio Europe' with self-guided walking tours and geographic information |
| 2010 | Steves divorced his wife Anne, ending their marriage. |
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