Huel Perkins Age, Wife, Bio Wiki【 Fox 2 】Salary Net Worth, Family

Personal Details Summary
Name	Huel Perkins
Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB	November 23, 1954. As of 2025, he is around 71 years old.
Wedding & Marriage / Wife / Girlfriend / Dating	Married. Check the full bio for relationship details.
Children / No. of Kids	2
Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race	Black
Nationality	American
When is Huel Perkins retiring?	Huel Perkins and Monica Gayle are retiring from FOX 2 Detroit in March 2022 after 25 years together.

Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

Huel A. Perkins is an Emmy award-winning anchor reporter currently working at WJBK Fox 2 in Detroit. He joined WJBK in 1989 and moved to Detroit.
Previously, he has also worked at KSDK in St. Louis, MO and WVLA NBC 33 in Baton Rouge.
Perkins has won two Emmy Awards for reporting and four nominations for best anchor.
He also hosts “Let It Rip!,” a popular talk show. He wanted a program where people could give their feelings to a story because they were emotionally involved in the story. “Trying to solve problems, not just expose them,” he has stated.

Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :

Huel Alfred Perkins was born on November 23, 1954.
Huel is the son of parents – the late Dr. Huel Davis Perkins (father) and Thelma O. Smith (mother). He is an only child. His father was the first black tenured professor at the Louisiana State University. Dr. Huel D. Perkins died on April 15, 2013.
He is married to Priscilla Perkins, who is currently the Chief Development Officer for Lighthouse of Oakland County. They have two sons, Jared and Vincent. When asked what the secret to a long, successful marriage is, Priscilla says, “You have to figure out a way to make it work because marriage is work. And it’s about always finding your way back to love.”

Early Life and Education :

Remembering the segregated City he grew up in, he remembers waiting in a closet till his name is called at a doctor’s office. This was a time when his father was already a doctor himself.
With now, more than 24 years as a broadcast journalist, Huel started his education by studying to become a lawyer.
Huel is a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.

Career, Income, Salary and Net Worth :

In the last two decades, Huel has attended and covered nearly all major political conventions. Most of his tweets are about politics.
Huel has his hands in many other endeavors. He hosts a program called News Edge at 11 p.m. on Channel 2. He was also a guest keynote speaker at Westland’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day program.
In 2014, he got a plaque when celebrating his 25th anniversary with Fox News 2. He mentioned that he has worked with some of the greats, Bill Bonds and Rich Fisher. His greatest asset, he states is ‘being embraced by the viewers.’
In 2016, he was quoted by many articles as being “shocked and angry” when Fox 2 dropped Lee Thomas, Murray Feldman, and Jason Carr. They were three on-air talents of Fox 2.
Huel has been heard stating, on many occasions, that he loves Detroit and its viewers.

Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :

In 1991, in Birmingham, Michigan, there was racist graffiti spray-painted on Perkins’ garage door.
He was a close friend of the late Aretha Franklin and considers her a “remarkable woman.”
Huel once covered the Pope on his visit and traveled the country with Nelson Mandela.
He prefers to stand during the newscast, as can be seen when he is hosting the News Edge program.

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