TheRob 918 Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 (edited) Unfortunately, a lot of the speculators out there have seized on the Clinton angle in regard to Mr. Sign. Very sad. I feel badly for his kids, now having to grow up without their father. Edited June 13, 2021 by TheRob 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3410 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 (edited) A very class move by the stations in Birmingham, to help out ABC 33/40 so they were able to attend the funeral of Christopher Sign: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=355015712651216&set=a.207048637447925 Edited June 17, 2021 by tyrannical bastard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRob 918 Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 He appeared in a lot of late-night ESPN telecasts too. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin2kx 229 Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 (edited) Former anchor at Univision Chicago (WGBO), Noticiero Univision + Telemundo Chicago (WSNS), Edna Schmidt died June 24 at her home in native Puerto Rico. She was 51. Her struggle with alcoholism were well documented, which ended her time at Univision in 2011. Last seen at Telemundo Chicago in 2014, where she later ended up suing them for discrimination. No official word on the cause of death, although her former colleague stated she suffered from a fall. https://www.chicagotribune.com/espanol/entretenimiento/sns-es-edna-schmidt-univision-chicago-periodista-television-20210625-o2ngduzf7jabfl67rob7gsprta-story.html (couldn't find any suitable english article. If possible, google translate it) Edited June 26, 2021 by justin2kx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRob 918 Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1365 Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Former WNEP Anchor/Reporter Jill Garnett has passed away. https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/former-newswatch-16-anchor-jill-garrett-has-died/523-1ab19aa8-7682-48a6-8f3e-fddfb62c6f57 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillynewslover 124 Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Former WPVI assignment editor Eric Hughes passed away last night. He had a pulmonary illness for the past several years. Prayers to his family. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFloTVClassics 903 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Former WPLG reporter and anchorwoman Jilda Unruh has passed away at the age of 65. https://www.local10.com/station/2021/07/09/former-local-10-news-anchor-jilda-unruh-dies-at-65/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1365 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Sad news out of Albuquerque, longtime KOAT-TV weatherman Howard Morgan pas passed away at the age of 91. https://www.koat.com/article/longtime-koat-weatherman-howard-morgan-dies-at-91/37102857 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseRM303 169 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 WBZ editor Jim Murphy died suddenly last week of a heart attack at 44 https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/wbz-editor-dies-of-heart-attack-at-44/233362/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1365 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Sad day in Birmingham, longtime WBRC personality Tom York passed away yesterday at the age of 96. https://www.wbrc.com/2021/08/02/wbrc-tv-legend-tom-york-passes-away/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town TV Fan 196 Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Former KTRK ABC 13 reporter Stuart Stanley died last weekend at the age of 56: mikemcguff.com: Stuart Stanley has died 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartheJokester 27 Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Jeanetta Jones, a former OCM on the weather channel from the 80s to the mid 2000s has passed from Coronavirus. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 593 Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 (edited) Lisa Schaffner, former longtime anchor for WRIC, has passed away at 59. https://twitter.com/8news/status/1428698966091259907 Edited August 20, 2021 by Ntropolis 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanewsguy 509 Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Bob Rogers, the legendary KENS-TV news director who led the station to market dominance in the 1970s and 80s, died from heart failure earlier this week. He was 87. https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/bob-rogers-obituary-kens-5-community/273-1971eca3-c5ec-481c-9c6d-7ab92b7b299f 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartheJokester 27 Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 A former meteorologist from WALB and WFXL died this morning. He was at WFXL from 2007 to November 2017. https://wfxl.com/news/local/former-walb-fox-31-meteorologist-chris-nisinger-dies-at-49 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRob 918 Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 This goes back a ways; I think Dobyns retired from TV in the late 1980s. ----- MEBANE, N.C. (AP) - Lloyd Dobyns Jr., an award-winning NBC News correspondent who reported from places around the world and who anchored an innovative U.S. television newscast in the early 1980s, has died, his family said. He was 85. Ken Dobyns said in a statement that his father died Sunday in Mebane, North Carolina, northwest of Raleigh. He said his father suffered complications from a series of strokes. Dobyns worked for NBC News in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, and was known in the U.S. for working with Linda Ellerbee on the late-night news series “NBC News Overnight” in 1982 and 1983, according to a statement released by Ken Dobyns and online with a Raleigh funeral home. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1365 Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 I'm sad to announce that legendary EMMY award winning actor Edward Asner, the man that played tv news director turned newspaper editor Lou Grant on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and his own spinoff series "Lou Grant" has passed away of natural causes. Asner was 91 years old. https://tvline.com/2021/08/29/ed-asner-dead-mary-tyler-moore-show-lou-grant/ 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3410 Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 2 hours ago, TexasTVNews said: I'm sad to announce that legendary EMMY award winning actor Edward Asner, the man that played tv news director turned newspaper editor Lou Grant on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and his own spinoff series "Lou Grant" has passed away of natural causes. Asner was 91 years old. https://tvline.com/2021/08/29/ed-asner-dead-mary-tyler-moore-show-lou-grant/ Even though Ed Asner played a fictional character on both shows, his "Lou Grant" character gave millions of Americans a view into a newsroom and how it works. Through his gruff and caring sides, it showed that a news director was a person too, and had the same life struggles along with their job duties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiveNews 322 Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 RIP Mr. Asner. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3410 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 I wish I could find the KSTP promos he did in the 2000s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodfreyGR 490 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Not directly a broadcaster, but it's big enough in MN that competitors are covering the death of former WCCO Sports Anchor Mark Rosen's wife after a long battle with cancer. (Rosen is now with KFAN Radio) https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2021/08/31/my-heart-is-aching-mark-rosen-announces-wife-denise-passed-peacefully/ https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/denise-rosen-dies-cancer-battle-wcco-mark-rosen/89-c7de92a3-8149-4f8d-b936-c1d8752f1aa6 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2873 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 KLAS veteran Gary Waddell has died of a heart attack while battling COVID-19 in a Las Vegas hospital. He was 77. According to the linked article, he was fully vaccinated but suffered a breakthrough case. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFloTVClassics 903 Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 (edited) Very sad news. Longtime Today show weatherman Willard Scott has passed away at the age of 87. https://www.nbcmiami.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/willard-scott-legendary-today-weatherman-dies-at-87/2544452/ We send our condolences to Willard's family, and thank you for giving us the best history making, entertaining, and charming weatherman. Edited September 4, 2021 by SoFloTVClassics 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VHSgoodiesWA 280 Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 A compilation of Smuckers Birthdays in honor of Willard. I will miss you forever and so will millions. Whether you were getting ready to go to work, or if you were a little kid watching the Macy's Parade with mom and dad, Willard was a presence that NBC can never replace. RIP forever, Willard. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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