24994J 5577 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 On 8/28/2019 at 6:31 PM, Info Junkie said: Makes you wonder if Ed Hopkins is retiring or if he just passed away. He is still doing promos for the news and the opens, of course. A few weeks premature, but yes, Ed passed away in recent days, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. From Beau Weaver: Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17312-ed-hopkins-dead-of-pancreatic-cancer/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2895 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Hope you don't mind me splitting this out. Hopkins did a lot of work we recognize and obviously enjoyed a lengthy and successful voice career. WNYT themselves apparently put out a story yesterday, something I can't recall being common for TV stations to do. He is survived by a wife, son and 14-year-old daughter, though nothing I'm seeing mentions his age. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17312-ed-hopkins-dead-of-pancreatic-cancer/#findComment-232767 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Info Junkie 1286 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 I’m already flabbergasted. Ed was a large piece of my childhood, and he’ll be in a better place, along with all the other guys, including this guy that also did work at WNYT in the 90s: Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17312-ed-hopkins-dead-of-pancreatic-cancer/#findComment-232772 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 I first heard his voice when I received KNBC on a satellite dish in the spring of 2000, and he would later became the VO a WMAQ later that September (both KNBC & WMAQ debuted similar graphics & 615's The Tower), as the Sydney games was beginning. Rest in peace, Eddie. 45 minutes ago, Samantha said: Hope you don't mind me splitting this out. Hopkins did a lot of work we recognize and obviously enjoyed a lengthy and successful voice career. WNYT themselves apparently put out a story yesterday, something I can't recall being common for TV stations to do. He is survived by a wife, son and 14-year-old daughter, though nothing I'm seeing mentions his age. I remember back in 2008, WHBQ did a story about their VO Chris Clausen when he passed away. The original link of the story is dead, but this blog shows a picture of Clausen from that story. But yes its rare for a station to put a story out about a death of one of their voiceover talents. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17312-ed-hopkins-dead-of-pancreatic-cancer/#findComment-232774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamTheJ 90 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 WPTV used Hopkins from about the mid-1980’s to 2005, when he was replaced by the late Chris Clausen, until His passing in 2008. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17312-ed-hopkins-dead-of-pancreatic-cancer/#findComment-232775 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJClementeFan69 477 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 The same thing that got Chris Corley. RIP Ed. We've so many of the great VOs this decade. Chuck Connors, Nick Michaels, Doug Paul, Chris Corley, Ed Hopkins. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17312-ed-hopkins-dead-of-pancreatic-cancer/#findComment-232797 Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsn8te 200 Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 WTHI just put out an article. So sad. I loved his voice. He’s been on WTHI for decades. https://www.wthitv.com/content/news/Voice-of-WTHI-TV-Ed-Hopkins-dies-at-68-561037021.html Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17312-ed-hopkins-dead-of-pancreatic-cancer/#findComment-233052 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbnews 344 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 So sad. Ed had a really good voice. RIP. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17312-ed-hopkins-dead-of-pancreatic-cancer/#findComment-233073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsn8te 200 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 WTHI finally switched to a new voice over guy. I know I’ve heard him before, and he’s not bad, but he just doesn’t seem to fit on WTHI. I’ve grown up hearing Ed on WTHI since I was born. This new guy certainly going to take some getting used too. Here’s a topical featuring his voice. https://www.facebook.com/65409576342/posts/10157357451371343?sfns=mo Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17312-ed-hopkins-dead-of-pancreatic-cancer/#findComment-234252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGSJenkins 435 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 1 hour ago, HoosierNewsie said: WTHI finally switched to a new voice over guy. I know I’ve heard him before, and he’s not bad, but he just doesn’t seem to fit on WTHI. I’ve grown up hearing Ed on WTHI since I was born. This new guy certainly going to take some getting used too. Here’s a topical featuring his voice. https://www.facebook.com/65409576342/posts/10157357451371343?sfns=mo The new vo is Jeff Laurence, however the opens haven't been updated yet. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17312-ed-hopkins-dead-of-pancreatic-cancer/#findComment-234255 Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsbot 271 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Ed Hopkins was the image voice for WKOS/Rochester, NH which I worked for in the late '80s-early '90s. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17312-ed-hopkins-dead-of-pancreatic-cancer/#findComment-237645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlnewsfan03 78 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 On 10/16/2019 at 10:57 PM, RGSJenkins said: The new vo is Jeff Laurence, however the opens haven't been updated yet. I'm wondering if that's the same Jeff Laurence that used to be a radio DJ (once hosted a Saturday Night show on Atlanta radio station WSB-FM, known to Atlanta radio listeners as B98.5, till about 2001/2002-ish). His voice sounds familiar. I could see Laurence becoming new voice to more local TV station newscasts in the near future, and maybe replacing any voiceover artists mulling retirement. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17312-ed-hopkins-dead-of-pancreatic-cancer/#findComment-237647 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1715 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 I didn't know he was even gone. Damn. Now I've very sad because I was chatting with him earlier this year about our mutual vo work. This really hurts because he was a nice guy. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17312-ed-hopkins-dead-of-pancreatic-cancer/#findComment-237649 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythdon 1 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 On 12/21/2019 at 1:33 AM, atlnewsfan03 said: I could see Laurence becoming new voice to more local TV station newscasts in the near future, and maybe replacing any voiceover artists mulling retirement. That or voiceovers that've passed away. Although Laurence has been getting replaced by other voiceovers himself. He did voiceovers at WQAD from 1997 to 2007 before being replaced by Rick Hunter. And Bill Murray does at least some of the news opens for KPLR now instead of Laurence. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17312-ed-hopkins-dead-of-pancreatic-cancer/#findComment-238924 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Welter 26 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 New voiceovers replacing Ed Hopkins: WNYT - Steve Stone WTHI - Jeff Laurence KYTV(KY3) - Steve Stone Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17312-ed-hopkins-dead-of-pancreatic-cancer/#findComment-239709 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman748 1256 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 On 1/29/2020 at 11:22 AM, Lucas Welter said: New voiceovers replacing Ed Hopkins: WNYT - Steve Stone WTHI - Jeff Laurence KYTV(KY3) - Steve Stone Ironically, Steve Stone is the current voiceover artist for KOCO so that'll add the familarity for Oklahomans living in the OKC market that make than annual 4 hour trip to Branson. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17312-ed-hopkins-dead-of-pancreatic-cancer/#findComment-239823 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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