James William Dauphinee of Weston, Fla., died Oct. 17 from cancer. He was 68. The former television programming executive produced and developed programs for CBS/Eyemark, Post-Newsweek Stations, Multimedia, King World […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Patricia Barry, a mainstay of daytime television who appeared on “Days of Our Lives,” ”Guiding Light” and “All My Children,” has died. She was 93. Barry […]
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Former WTVD Anchor Larry Stogner Dies At 69
Nixon created, wrote and produced the long-running ABC daytime serials One Life to Live and All My Children, which were canceled in 2011 as the network bowed to the reality that soaps had faded as a daytime TV force. All My Children aired for nearly 41 years, while One Life to Live made it to 44 years.
Gary Glasberg, the longtime showrunner of CBS’s NCIS and creator of spinoff NCIS: New Orleans, died Wednesday in Los Angeles. CBS said he died in his sleep.
Golfing legend Arnold Palmer ranked among the most important figures in golf history , and it went well beyond his seven major championships and 62 PGA Tour wins. His good looks, devilish grin and hard-charging style of play made the elite sport appealing to one and all. And it helped that he arrived about the same time as television moved into most households, a perfect fit that sent golf to unprecedented popularity.
RTI announced today that its founder and CEO, John Demskie, died unexpectedly at his Florida home on Sept. 15. He was 48. “John was a true pioneer in home automation,” said […]
WJTV Reporter Melanie Dotson Dies
John Kelly, Former Detroit TV Anchor, Host, Dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hugh O’Brian, who shot to fame as Sheriff Wyatt Earp in what was hailed as television’s first adult Western, has died. He […]
Bob Reichblum’s local news career included ND stints at WJLA Washington and WPLG Miami. He also worked at Good Morning America, CNBC and Reelz. Bob Long was a legendary news director who retired in 2009 after six years as ND for KNBC Los Angeles. He also served as ND for NBC’s WRC-Washington, worked for several other Los Angeles stations, and also produced documentaries. Both died Monday of cancer.
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A plane crash in western Montana killed a star of the History channel reality series “Ice Road Truckers” who was planning to film a pilot episode […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — William G. (Jerry) Buck, a columnist who chronicled the television industry for The Associated Press in New York and Los Angeles, died Friday at age 85. During his […]
After getting his start in radio in the Air Force, he moved into TV. He was one of the founders of NATPE while program director at WOOD Grand Rapids, Mich., and was a past president of the association. Kizer made his mark after becoming general manager of WDIV Detroit (then owned by the Evening News Association Broadcast Group) in 1971. In addition, he was NAB TV Board chair while running the Evening News group. When Evening News was sold to Gannett in 1986, he founded Federal Broadcasting which eventually acquired seven TV stations that were sold to Raycom in 1997.
Former WPBF ND Found Naked In Park, Dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Jack Riley, who played a counseling client on “The Bob Newhart Show” and also voiced a character on Nickelodeon’s animated “Rugrats,” died Friday. The 80-year-old actor […]
John McLaughlin, longtime host of TV’s The McLaughlin Group has died at the age of 89. Since its debut in April 1982, the syndicated The McLaughlin Group upended the soft-spoken and non-confrontational style of shows such as Firing Line, ‘Washington Week in Review and Agronsky & Company with a raucous format that largely dispensed with politicians.
