WJBK Anchor Ron Savage passes away at 63

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Ron Savage, reporter and weekend anchor for WJBK, the Fox O&O station in Detroit has died this morning after doing a training exercise with the Milford Fire Department. He was 63 years old. In addition to his station duties, Ron also worked as a volunteer firefighter and EMT for the Milford Fire Department.

 

http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/238077533-story

[AJClementeFan69 477]

RIP

[newsbot 271]

Horrible loss. Watching WJBK news now and, not surprisingly, the station is clearly shellshocked

[bixpchiphead 105]

And not the first WJBK weekend anchor to pass away.... Gary Cubberly in 1992

[TexasTVNews 1379]

One note I should point out, Ron was a sportscaster at then ABC now FOX station WHBQ in Memphis before moving to Detroit and WJBK.