Connie Leigh Kunkle (April 4, 1958 – December 14, 2016) was an American television personality and singer who was best known as a host on the shopping network ShopHQ (formerly ShopNBC and Evine Live).
After graduating from Ohio University with a BS in communications, Kunkle's first job was at Walt Disney World as one of the Kids of the Kingdom.
Her career spanned 40 years, including touring with the original cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, starring opposite Tim Curry in Me and My Girl, starring opposite Donny Osmond in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and starring as Fantine in Les Misérables.
Her concerts include many performances with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra and the Queen’s Royal Marine Band in England.
She also had nieces and nephews as well as a “chosen family” made up of a number of close friends.