Steven Cojocaru - Biography

Last Editor: johnf691				Steven Cojocaru Biography -   Name : Steven Cojocaru Profession : Fashion critic Birth Details : born on January 5, 1965 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada Nickname : Cojo Trade mark : Bright suits

Steven Cojocaru Trivia -

Grew up in Montreal, Canada. Has a dog named, Stinky. Underwent a kidney transplant on January 14, 2005, in L.A., receiving the kidney from a close friend. He suffers from polycystic kidney disease. The transplanted kidney became infected and had to be removed on June 27 at an undisclosed Los Angeles-area hospital. He was fired from his job on "Today" three weeks after his kidney transplant operation in January 2005

Steven Cojocaru Detailed Biography -

Steven "Cojo" Cojocaru (born on January 5, 1965 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a fashion critic. From a family of Jewish immigrants from Romania, Cojocaru started out as a magazine columnist, and eventually began working on American television shows, as a commentator and interviewer of stars. Sarah Jessica Parker is one of Cojocaru's friends. Cojocaru began working in 1991 for the Canadian fashion magazine Flare. After moving to Hollywood, he began writing a column that eventually reached over 100 American newspapers. He was People Magazine's west coast fashion editor, and he has written an autobiography, Red Carpet Diaries: Confessions of a Glamour Boy (2003). In 2003, he joined the cast of Entertainment Tonight. He has also worked at E! and at MTV, where, in one of his most famous interviews he asked Parker (Sex and the City'), "who can blame a guy for asking for more sex?". In November 2004 he announced that he was suffering from polycystic kidney disease and would require a kidney transplant. He underwent transplant surgery on January 14, 2005, after his friend Abby Finer donated one of her kidneys. He appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in April 2005 to discuss the operation, where he also revealed that his appearance on the show had resulted in the termination of his position on the Today Show . Later, the kidney became infected by a virus, and in June 2005 he underwent a second operation to have the new kidney removed. On August 17, he announced that his body was free of the viral infection and that he was ready to find a new transplant. By 2006, he was also a regular correspondent on the syndicated entertainment show The Insider with Lara Spencer and Pat O'Brien.