Montel Williams

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 3, 1956, Williams attended Andover High School in neighboring Linthicum, Maryland, where he was elected president of his class in both his junior and senior years. He was a good student, athlete, and musician, and active in countywide student government issues in Annapolis, Maryland.\n', '

Williams was raised as a Roman Catholic, and served as an altar boy from age 8 until an altercation with a priest when he was 11.\n', "

He frequently visited his sister who lives in Westminster, Maryland. There he met and befriended WOCM's famous news man Magellan. They have been close friends ever since.\n", 'His father, Herman Williams Jr., was a firefighter who in 1992 became Baltimore\'s first African American Fire Chief. Montel has five siblings.[citation needed]\n', '