TheRolyPoly 2451 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Sad news out of Birmingham today, and it is with a very heavy heart we're sad to say that former long time WBRC morning and midday anchor Bill Bolen has passed away today. Bolen worked at WBRC-TV (back when 'BRC was an ABC affiliate before switching to FOX in '96) for 40 years until he retired almost seven years ago (January 28, 2010). Bolen came to 'BRC in 1969 an anchored the 10PM News before moving to mornings in 1973. Bill Bolen was 81 years old. Thoughts and prayers are with Bill's family and to Mr. Bolen's extended family at WBRC-TV FOX 6. Rest in Peace, Bill and Godspeed. http://www.wbrc.com/story/35388666/bill-bolen-longtime-wbrc-anchor-has-passed-away One of the best in Alabama, ruling mornings and middays for a long time. RIP. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/7/#findComment-193097 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobC 44 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 One of the best in Alabama, ruling mornings and middays for a long time. RIP. Bill Bolen made WBRC 6 as his home everyday and made the station #1. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/7/#findComment-193107 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicksair 62 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Weatherman John Coleman who founded The Weather Channel, worked for WLS, ABC, WMAQ, and KUSI passed away last night at age 83. http://www.kusi.com/longtime-kusi-weatherman-john-coleman-dies-83/ 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/7/#findComment-194768 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1377 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Sad news on this President's Day. Roy Hobbs, anchored in markets from Boston to Birmingham and spent 7 years at WAGA (FOX) in Atlanta has passed away. Hobbs most recently anchored for WRDE in the Delmarva Peninsula. Before that, Hobbs anchored at WBMA (ABC) from 2006-10, Hobbs anchored at WAGA from 1996-03 as the anchor for the 5PM news. He came to Atalanta from Boston where he was an anchor at NECN and WSBK from 1991-96. Hobbs got his start in TG at WTVF in Nashville. Roy Hobbs was 64. Prayers and condolences goes out to the family of Roy Hobbs. 5 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/7/#findComment-197003 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1377 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Sad news today, Former KYW and KPNX anchor Vince Leonard has passed away yesterday in his home in Las Vegas. Vince started as an anchor at KYW-TV in 1958 back when the call letters were WCRV. Vince left the station in 1980 to join KPNX and retired from the news business in 1989. Vince Leonard was 92. Prayers and Condolences goes out to Vince Leonard's family. http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/former-philly-anchor-dies-at-92/202633 5 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/7/#findComment-200720 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1377 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Sad news this evening, former WBZ anchor Tony Pepper passed away on Tuesday, April 3rd, at the age of 79 after complications due to diabetes and heart disease. When he came to Boston he initially worked with Tom Ellis but soon after and most memorably was partnered with Jack Williams, helping WBZ-TV be number one in Boston for many years. Tony was known for his great patriotism, wry sense of humor, huge laugh, and his beautifully modulated voice. He was passionately engaged in all manner of social and civic issues, especially equality and fairness. Thoughts and condolences goes out to the family of Tony Pepper and to his WBZ-TV family. 4 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/7/#findComment-201033 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1377 Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Sad news out of The Motor City (Detroit), longtime WJBK anchor and commentator Joe Weaver has passed away after a long battle with lung cancer. Thoughts, prayers and condolences goes out to Joe Weaver's family and his extended family at WJBK TV2. Godspeed Joe. http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/former-wjbk-tv-2-reporter-anchor-joe-weaver-dies 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/7/#findComment-203200 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1377 Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Sad news on this Saturday... A longtime journalist who got his start in Texas has died. Gene Apodaca started at the CBS affiliate (KOSA) in Midland/Odessa. He worked at the ABC affiliates in Corpus Christi (KIII) and Houston (KTRK). Apodaca most recently worked in New York at New York 1. Family and friends buried Apodaca today in his hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Apodaca died May 22nd of a heart attack. He was 45-years-old. Prayers and condolences goes out to The Apodaca Family. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/7/#findComment-205379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 WTAE’s former chief meteorologist Joe DeNardo has passed away 87 per a push alert. 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/7/#findComment-205722 Share on other sites More sharing options...
susquvalleywgal 517 Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 WTAE’s former chief meteorologist Joe DeNardo has passed away 87 per a push alert. Joe Said It Would. Legend. — Matt 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/7/#findComment-205724 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1377 Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Pittsburgh Television weather and the City of Pittsburgh will never be the same without the Dean of Pittsburgh Weather... Joe DeNardo... you're irreplaceable... you're a quintessential weatherman... and when we look to skies tonight and when on sunny days and stormy nights; we see what's happening in the weather... Joe Said It Would. RIP Joe DeNardo and Godspeed. Thoughts and prayers to Joe's family and the entire team of WTAE Action News 4. http://www.wtae.com/article/legendary-wtae-chief-meteorologist-joe-denardo-dies-at-87/21550800 6 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/7/#findComment-205737 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Chicago Tonight reporter and host Elizabeth Brackett was admitted to the hospital last Wednesday after being hit by a car last week has passed away. She was on a ventilator and in a coma and suffered at least one fractured vertebrae. Sympathies go out to her and her family. http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2018/6/18/chicago-reporter-dies-after-bike-accident Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/7/#findComment-205866 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVY 10 Fan 233 Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Former NBC News correspondent Richard Valeriani has died at 85 (Valeriani was a correspondent covering the White House, served as a senior diplomatic correspondent and covered the March in Selma, AL {and was pretty seriously injured from an assault occurring there}) https://morningdailies.com/2018/06/18/richard-valeriani-dies-nbc-newsman-who-covered-civil-rights-movement-nixon-was-85 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/7/#findComment-205946 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLETVFan 367 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Dick Feagler (formerly of The Plain Dealer, WKYC, WVIZ, and WEWS) has passed away at age 79. https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/former-wkyc-anchor-and-cleveland-journalist-dick-feagler-dies/95-569771753 4 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/7/#findComment-206736 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3307 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Former Dallas anchorman Walter Evans has passed at age 86. http://unclebarky.com/dfw_files/6f53f91650a27cb541a08cbceb368818-4238.html 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/7/#findComment-208518 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronQ 282 Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Some sad news to report, former WCVB news and sports reporter Clark Booth has died from the age of 79 years old. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/7/#findComment-208804 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3307 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 WTWO/WAWV ND Deana Reece died unexpectedly this morning. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/7/#findComment-210863 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1377 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I have some very news to tell you all, and it is with a very heavy heart to tell you that longtime KTRK Chief Weathercaster Ed Brandon has passed away peacefully last night at the age of 75. Ed came to KTRK in May of 1972 and spent 35 years delivering the weather to so many Houstonians to see whether they need sunglasses or a raincoat. Ed served for many years on The Advisory Board of Houston City Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. He hosted an annual golf tournament benefiting Cenikor, one of the nation's largest and most successful non-profit residential treatment centers for indigent alcoholics and drug addicts. A public memorial service is being planed. Our thoughts, prayers and condolences goes out to Ed Brandon's family and to Ed's extended family at ABC13 Eyewitness News (KTRK). Rest in peace, Ed and Godspeed. https://abc13.com/society/houston-abc13-weather-icon-ed-brandon-has-died/4029317/ 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/7/#findComment-211291 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningNews 1455 Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 I have some very news to tell you all, and it is with a very heavy heart to tell you that longtime KTRK Chief Weathercaster Ed Brandon has passed away peacefully last night at the age of 75. Ed came to KTRK in May of 1972 and spent 35 years delivering the weather to so many Houstonians to see whether they need sunglasses or a raincoat. Ed served for many years on The Advisory Board of Houston City Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. He hosted an annual golf tournament benefiting Cenikor, one of the nation's largest and most successful non-profit residential treatment centers for indigent alcoholics and drug addicts. A public memorial service is being planed. Our thoughts, prayers and condolences goes out to Ed Brandon's family and to Ed's extended family at ABC13 Eyewitness News (KTRK). Rest in peace, Ed and Godspeed. https://abc13.com/society/houston-abc13-weather-icon-ed-brandon-has-died/4029317/ Sad news indeed, I'm so glad I got to watch Ed for a few years before his retirement. Brandon, Dave Ward, Gina Gaston, Marvin Zindler and Bob Allen were the 6 pm news team I watched growing up. Here's an awesome photo from Channel 13 of Texas' news 6 and 10 pm newsteam from the late 1980s-early 2000s. Classic! Sadly the entire top row is now passed on. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/7/#findComment-211347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2896 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Raycom Sports/freelance announcer and former local sportscaster Mike Hogewood has died at 63. He worked at WBRC and WGHP, but he was best known for his ACC coverage and stint at WFMY. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/7/#findComment-212336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnya2k6 171 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Former KTUU reporter/anchor Jason Moore died over the weekend; he was 51. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/7/#findComment-212789 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2451 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Longtime NBC News and WTVJ Miami reporter Ike Seamans has passed away after a long battle with prostate cancer. He was 80. This man was GOOD. Really GOOD. I know because I watched him for years at WTVJ and was lucky enough to watch his craft with his amazing news voice. A stellar news reporter, excellent at best and legendary at the most. He will be missed. https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/legendary-miami-reporter-ike-seamans-dies/207918 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/7/#findComment-212994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3307 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 2 anchor deaths in one week. So very sad. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/7/#findComment-212995 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5585 Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Longtime Chicago anchor/host/personality Warner Saunders died last night at 83. He spent time at a few stations, but his long run at WMAQ is where he built his legacy, going from program host, to sports, eventually ascending to lead anchor. A Chicago public schoolteacher before his TV career, he retired in 2009. https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/warner-saunders-nbc5-anchor-chicago-passes-away-496594461.html Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/7/#findComment-214624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3307 Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Longtime Chicago anchor/host/personality Warner Saunders died last night at 83. He spent time at a few stations, but his long run at WMAQ is where he built his legacy, going from program host, to sports, eventually ascending to lead anchor. A Chicago public schoolteacher before his TV career, he retired in 2009. https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/warner-saunders-nbc5-anchor-chicago-passes-away-496594461.html Oh no! He lived a full life and was one of the greats in Chicago. RIP. 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/7/#findComment-214626 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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