In Memoriam

[Classic Cars and Cartoons 1]

On 12/16/2024 at 10:38 AM, MD TV said:

KOLD morning anchor Ana Orsini unexpectedly died at the age of 28:

 

https://www.kold.com/2024/12/16/13-news-remembers-ana-orsini/

That's very sad to hear that at a young age.

[TheRolyPoly 2617]

4 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

WSET anchor Mark Spain has passed away after battling Pancreatic Cancer.

https://wset.com/news/local/mark-spain-beloved-abc13-anchor-and-community-figure-dies-after-battle-with-cancer#

 

Before Lynchburg, he also worked in Jacksonville at First Coast News and WAWS/WTEV 

 

Before that, he was at WJW in Cleveland right after they switched from CBS to Fox.

 

 

A good point to note from the story on their website... rightfully so this move.

 

Over the next few days, you may notice national news programs or syndicated programming in place of local news while ABC13 grieves our loss.

[Jase 1073]

Richard Parsons, former Time Warner CEO, dies at 76

 

https://variety.com/2024/biz/news/richard-parsons-dead-time-warner-cbs-1236260229/

[NYAZSporty 149]

Greg Gumbel, longtime sportscaster at ESPN, CBS, & NBC, has passed away at the age of 78. 

 

Edited December 27, 2024 by NYAZSporty

[TheRolyPoly 2617]

Oh wow. I'm saddened and stunned to learn of his passing. I agree with David when he said that you won't find a much finer gentleman in all of television than him.

 

You gotta feel for Bryant too, man. He just lost a legendary brother. A truly sad day in the world of sports and in broadcasting in general.

[bmasters1 413]

Here are some earlier roles of his in sportscasting you might not have known about--

 

--As sports man on WMAQ NewsCenter 5 in Chicago, from a 1980 late edition (captured from YouTube upload by FuzzyMemoriesTV)...

 

 

--As studio man on the last season of The Prudential College Football Report for CBS Sports, the 1989 college football season (this one before he got Mike Francesa as a co-host); captured from YouTube upload by user Colorado Football...

 

[NYAZSporty 149]

CBS Sports tribute to Greg Gumbel narrated by colleague JB that aired during halftime of the first game of the HBCU college basketball doubleheader today & likely to be shown again tomorrow on The NFL Today. 

 

[bmasters1 413]

3 hours ago, NYAZSporty said:

CBS Sports tribute to Greg Gumbel narrated by colleague JB that aired during halftime of the first game of the HBCU college basketball doubleheader today & likely to be shown again tomorrow on The NFL Today. 

 

 

Saw that tribute (it's on YouTube as well), and the part where it showed him in the studio on The Prudential College Football Report in 1989 had a better-quality version (in video) of that screencap I posted earlier (CBS must have had it in the archives, Greg's [IINM] first role there).

[TheRolyPoly 2617]

We just lost a part-time (controlling stake) owner of MSG (the arena), Radio City Music Hall, the Knicks and Rangers but also, the founder of...

 

HBO (some say, the greatest network to have ever existed)

Cablevision

AMC

The News 12 Networks

 

A TRUE visionary and pioneer in the world of broadcasting, Charles Dolan was 98.

 

https://apnews.com/article/charles-dolan-dies-obituary-hbo-cablevision-bc5b48318f336f633b7df006afcd60c4

[Big Rollo Smokes 266]

Aaron Brown, formerly of KING-TV and KIRO-TV in Seattle, ABC (one of the original anchors on World News Now), and CNN (Newsnight with Aaron Brown), passed on Dec. 29 at age 76.

[VHSgoodiesWA 310]

Losing Aaron is a major loss to TV news. His first day at CNN was 9/11. The rest was history.

Aaron was also part of a great team at KIRO in the late '80s - all reunited in the skies now (Harry Wappler and Wayne Cody). Very unique charisma and PROFESSIONAL on the air.

He will be missed!!

[Big Rollo Smokes 266]

2 hours ago, VHSgoodiesWA said:

Losing Aaron is a major loss to TV news...Very unique charisma and PROFESSIONAL on the air.

He will be missed!!

If Aaron stayed at ABC, I believe he would have inherited the World News Tonight anchor chair when Jennings passed.

 

From his former World News Now co-anchor Lisa McRee, via IG: 

 

 

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9 hours ago, VHSgoodiesWA said:

Losing Aaron is a major loss to TV news. His first day at CNN was 9/11. The rest was history.

Aaron was also part of a great team at KIRO in the late '80s - all reunited in the skies now (Harry Wappler and Wayne Cody). Very unique charisma and PROFESSIONAL on the air.

He will be missed!!

Imagine 9/11 being your first day at your new newsroom as a journalist!!!! What a story to tell. RIP Mr. Brown

[Junk Junk 5]

WSB-TV Channel 2 retired consumer reporter Jim Strickland has passed away.

 

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/retired-award-winning-channel-2-consumer-investigator-jim-strickland-dies/TNRV2GYNOVDUBH57VGKE7CRGBI/

[TheRob 940]

This goes pretty far back in Kansas City history, but Torey Southwick died recently at age 94. He did kids' shows with a puppet named Old Gus.

 

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/kansascity/name/torey-southwick-obituary?id=57176047

[MD TV 284]

WRC reporter Derrick Ward died from cardiac arrest complications at age 62:

 

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/derrick-ward-beloved-news4-reporter-and-dc-native-dead-at-62/3808156/

[tyrannical bastard 4055]

Another of "Cleveland's Own" has passed away.

 

Neil Zurcher, longtime "One Tank Trips" reporter has passed away at age 89.

 

https://fox8.com/news/fox-8s-neil-zurcher-passes-away-at-89/

[NYAZSporty 149]

Longtime play-by-play voice of the Milwaukee Brewers & the PBP voice in the Major League movies, Bob Uecker has passed away at the age of 90. 

 

[tyrannical bastard 4055]

Another major loss in Cleveland.

"Big Chuck" Schodowski, has passed away at the age of 90.

https://fox8.com/news/fox-8s-big-chuck-dies-at-90/

[Big Rollo Smokes 266]

From Oakland: KTVU's Dennis Richmond has passed at age 81.

Edited February 7 by Big Rollo Smokes

[norcalTVfan 18]

1 hour ago, Big Rollo Smokes said:

From Oakland: KTVU's Dennis Richmond has passed at age 82.

Dennis Richmond was a prominent fixture not only in the Bay Area but throughout California. The Ten O’Clock news was widely available due to KTVU’s superstation status via cable and satellite. Even as the number of Fox affiliates grew in the west, most opted to simulcast KTVU’s popular Ten O’Clock news — at one time the most watched prime time newscast in the country. 

[TheRolyPoly 2617]

2 hours ago, Big Rollo Smokes said:

From Oakland: KTVU's Dennis Richmond has passed at age 82.

 

Updated to say that he died at 81. But it doesn't matter the age... he was the TITAN, the GIANT of Bay Area TV news to the likes of Van Amburg and Dave McElhatton.

 

I just woke up to this, and this one hurts badly. There will never be another one like him again. 

[TheRolyPoly 2617]

9 hours ago, Big Rollo Smokes said:

From Oakland: KTVU's Dennis Richmond has passed at age 82.

 

KTVU threw away its noon news format today and devoted the entire hour-long broadcast as a tribute to Mr. Richmond.

 

[TheRob 940]

One of the young voices in Kansas City's Spanish-speaking media died while on Super Bowl duty in New Orleans. He did play-by-play for the women's soccer team and sideline reporting at Chiefs games.

 

https://fox4kc.com/sports/kansas-city-sports-reporter-dies-while-in-new-orleans-for-super-bowl-lix/

 

Update: woman arrested for using his credit cards

 

https://fox4kc.com/news/louisiana-woman-arrested-following-kansas-city-reporters-death-in-new-orleans/

Edited February 7 by TheRob

[mre29 1571]

16 hours ago, TheRob said:

One of the young voices in Kansas City's Spanish-speaking media died while on Super Bowl duty in New Orleans. He did play-by-play for the women's soccer team and sideline reporting at Chiefs games.

 

https://fox4kc.com/sports/kansas-city-sports-reporter-dies-while-in-new-orleans-for-super-bowl-lix/

 

It's worse than that -- his daughter's now lost both of her parents. From the article:

 

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Originally from Mexico City, Manzano relocated to Topeka, Kansas, in 2018 and later earned a degree from Kansas State University. He was married to Ashleigh Boyd and had a daughter named Eleanor. Boyd died in a car crash last April.