In Memoriam

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Former CBS Sports man Irv Cross (he of The NFL Today on Sundays, alongside legends Brent Musburger, Phyllis George, Jimmy "The Greek," et al.) has passed on at 81.

 

https://nypost.com/2021/02/28/irv-cross-nfl-veteran-and-cbs-broadcaster-dead-at-81/

 

Also, a 1982 edition of The NFL Today, in remembrance:

 

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Sad news out of Jackson, MS. Former WJTV and WAPT News and Sports Anchor Rick Whitlow has passed away after a long battle of leukemia. Thoughts and prayers are with his family in this difficult time. Whitlow was 67. RIP and Godspeed.

 

https://www.wapt.com/article/former-wapt-anchor-sports-director-rick-whitlow-dies/35696767

https://www.wjtv.com/news/former-wjtv-12-news-sports-director-rick-whitlow-passes-away/

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Former KOTV anchor Clayton Vaughan passed away today at 86 he is survived by his wife, four children, and seven grandchildren. He worked at KOTV until 1999 when he fully retired from the station he retired from anchoring in 1997 but stayed two years as editorial manager.

https://www.newson6.com/story/6040104512a18e12f21cc903/former-kotv-news-on-6-anchor-halloffame-journalist-clayton-vaughn-dies

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Cleveland music, radio and TV legend Michael Stanley has passed away at the age of 72.

 

After a very successful music career in Northeast Ohio and a longtime stint on 98.5 WNCX, he also co-hosted WJW's version of PM Magazine with Jan Jones in the late 80's & early 90s. 

https://fox8.com/news/cleveland-music-legend-michael-stanley-dies-at-72/

 

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Legendary broadcaster Roger Mudd (CBS, NBC) has passed away at the age 93.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/roger-mudd-dead/2021/03/09/78ddf308-8117-11eb-9ca6-54e187ee4939_story.html

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WGN weekend meteorologist Mike Hamernik has passed away from lung cancer at the age of 60.

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Former KTXS News 12 Sports Anchor/Reporter Mark Rogers passed away in a car crash.

https://ktxs.com/news/local/former-ktxs-sports-reporter-mark-rogers-dies-in-car-crash

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Western New York's broadcasting is silenced tonight. Legendary (WKBW) 7 Eyewitness News Sports Director/Anchor Rick Azar has died at the age of 91. Azar became a household name working alongside the late great Irv Weinstein, and Meteorologist tom Jolls (Commander Tom). Azar worked at WKBW from when the station signed on in November of 1958 to his retirement in 1989.

 

Thoughts, prayers and condolences are with the Azar family and to his extended family at 7 Eyewitness News.

RIP Rick, Godspeed... and say hello to Irv from all of us here.

 

 

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Sad news here in Richmond. Longtime WWBT anchor Andrea McDaniel passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer last week. She anchored NBC12 News Today and NBC12 News at Noon from 1985 to 2006. After that, she continued to appear on-air and represent the station on several community projects and then later hosted the station's RVA Today segments (RVA is Richmond's nickname) until last year.

 

‘So much heart’: Long-time NBC12 anchor Andrea McDaniel dies

Edited March 29, 2021 by tw-804

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On 3/29/2021 at 6:57 PM, tw-804 said:

Sad news here in Richmond. Longtime WWBT anchor Andrea McDaniel passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer last week. She anchored NBC12 News Today and NBC12 News at Noon from 1985 to 2006. After that, she continued to appear on-air and represent the station on several community projects and then later hosted the station's RVA Today segments (RVA is Richmond's nickname) until last year.

 

‘So much heart’: Long-time NBC12 anchor Andrea McDaniel dies

Here is Andrea when she was a young upstart anchor at then-2 year old independent station WFTS Channel 28 in Tampa. 11 years before they would become an ABC affiliate.

 

WFTS TV News, Andrea McDaniel (May 1983) - YouTube

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KCBS/KCAL photographer Rodney Hunt passed away of COVID. FTVLive reports the passing here: https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2021/3/31/la-photographer-dies-from-covid

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Former ABC News correspondent and CNN and later WSB-TV anchor Don Farmer dies at age 82.

Edited April 1, 2021 by johnnya2k6

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10 hours ago, johnnya2k6 said:

Former ABC News correspondent and CNN and later WSB-TV anchor Don Farmer dies at age 82.

Prayers and condolences goes out to Chris Curle (Don's Wife/Co-Anchor) and his son Justin Farmer. RIP Donald... and Godspeed.

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A couple of passings to note.

 

Longtime WRC anchor & reporter Joe Krebs passed away from pancreatic cancer at the age of 78.

 

He was the anchor of the morning show News 4 Today for 18 years until his retirement in 2012.

 

Also, former WDRB meteorologist Paul Emmick passed away last week of natural causes. He was only 55.

 

 

Edited April 7, 2021 by CircleSeven

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Midwin Charles, CNN and MSNBC legal analyst, dies at age 47.

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14 hours ago, CircleSeven said:

 

 

Also, former WDRB meteorologist Paul Emmick passed away last week of natural causes. He was only 55.

 

 

Hate to hear this about Paul. I remember him from his Weather Channel days.

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Former KSHB and WDAF anchor Tom Lawrence died recently. He had been retired from TV for quite some time, and was a ski instructor in his retirement years.

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Ted Koplar

 

https://fox2now.com/news/kplr/television-pioneer-ted-koplar-dies-at-77/

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Albany and The New York Capital Region has lost another legend. Longtime WRGB anchor and Hall of Famer broadcaster Ernie Tetrault has passed away at the age of 94.

https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/ernie-tetrault-wrgb-anchorman-for-over-40-years-has-passed-away

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With heavy hearts and prayers going out to WSB's Jovita Moore battling brain cancer, A CNN correspondent is mourning the loss of his two year old son.

 

CNN's Rene Marsh's son Blake had died of brain cancer at the very young age of 2 years old. It's very emotional and difficult for a parent to lose a child to

cancer. Prayers and condolences goes out to CNN's Rene Marsh and to her family in this difficult time.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/cnn-correspondent-rene-marsh-announces-death-of-2-year-old-son-blake-from-brain-cancer/

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5 hours ago, TexasTVNews said:

With heavy hearts and prayers going out to WSB's Jovita Moore battling brain cancer, A CNN correspondent is mourning the loss of his two year old son.

 

CNN's Rene Marsh's son Blake had died of brain cancer at the very young age of 2 years old. It's very emotional and difficult for a parent to lose a child to

cancer. Prayers and condolences goes out to CNN's Rene Marsh and to her family in this difficult time.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/cnn-correspondent-rene-marsh-announces-death-of-2-year-old-son-blake-from-brain-cancer/

 

That's awful. No parent should ever have to bury a child. My condolences go out to Marsh and her family.

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46 minutes ago, Newsjunkie24 said:

 

That's awful. No parent should ever have to bury a child. My condolences go out to Marsh and her family.

Especially at TWO years old. His life barely began. He never had a chance

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4 hours ago, Yankees4life said:

Especially at TWO years old. His life barely began. He never had a chance

 

Agreed.

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WOOD-TV reporter Barton Deiters has passed after a difficult battle with West Nile Virus

 

https://www.woodtv.com/news/remembering-barton-deiters-1965-2021/