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Longtime NBC Reporter John Palmer Dies

Associated Press | by Jessica Gresko & Frazier MOore

Palmer worked for NBC News from 1962 to 1990, and then returned to the network from 1994 until 2002. He became a familiar face to viewers of the Today show during much of the 1980s, delivering the news in a straightforward, no-nonsense manner at a time when the program often led in the ratings. He was 77.