The longtime chairman of Media General died Saturday. He had suffered a fall at his home in Richmond, Va, on Jan. 15 and had been hospitalized since then. He was 77.
Jack Bowden, Longtime WMAR Reporter, Dies At 82
WLS Producer Anne Swaney Murdered In Belize
BELIZE CITY, Belize (AP) — An autopsy on the body of a U.S. tourist found dead in western Belize has determined that she was strangled to death. Anne Swaney, 39, […]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former NFL coach Ted Marchibroda charmed players with his soft-spoken personality and his innovative concepts. Fans appreciated his down-to-earth descriptions and his ability to win games. On […]
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Johnson led Media Services Group’s operation in its Minneapolis area office since 2007.
LONDON (AP) — Alan Rickman made wickedness delicious. Reviewing Rickman’s breakout role as a scheming hedonist aristocrat in the play “Les Liaisons Dangereuses,” Guardian newspaper critic Nicholas de Jongh likened […]
Rogers’ Army surgeon Trapper John was one of the most beloved characters — and half of one of the most beloved duos — in TV history, despite the actor’s appearing in only the first three of the show’s 11 seasons on CBS.
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Paul Grabowicz, a former Oakland Tribune reporter who became a digital journalism pioneer at the University of California, Berkeley, has died. Grabowicz died Thursday at the […]
WPDE Reporter Jordan Schuman Killed In Crash
Fade To Black: Television’s 2015 Honor Roll
Throughout the year, TVNewsCheck has reported the deaths of outstanding men and women who shaped television as actors, lawmakers, producers, business people, journalists and on-air personalities. Here is a selection as Part 4 of our Year in Review Special Report. Read all of the 2015 Year in Review stories here.
NEW YORK (AP) — Patricia Elliott, who won a Tony Award on her Broadway musical debut, went on to star opposite David Bowie in “The Elephant Man” and spent 23 […]
WLOS Sales Exec Murdered In His Home
Tim Fry, 51, a longtime employee of Sinclair-owned ABC affiliate WLOS Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C.-Asheville, N.C., and a Sinclair regional sales manager, was killed Friday after being shot multiple times in the chest. Robin Richardson, 47, has been charged with first degree murder.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Marjorie Lord, the Broadway and film actress who became a TV star on the CBS sitcom “Make Room For Daddy,” has died. She was 97. In […]
WLNS Anchor Jo Anne Paul-Stanton Dies At 57
After joining the company in 1978, he retired as chief operating officer of CBS Local Media in June. He was 65.
Former WJHG Anchor Joe Moore Dies At 72
WXYZ’s Reggie Hall Dies Following Car Accident
Arthur R. Taylor, a former corporate wunderkind who became president of CBS at 37, unloaded an underperforming network-owned property, the New York Yankees, and then, as a sometimes nettlesome overachiever, was fired by William S. Paley, the imperious CBS chairman and founder, died on Dec. 3. After he was fired from the network, Taylor became the founding president of a premium cable channel that was the predecessor of A&E.
