Legendary reporter Pablo Guzman, whose voice was carried over Big Apple airwaves for decades, has died, CBS New York announced Monday. He was 73.
Guzman died Sunday morning after decades of covering crime, politics, and the historic evolution of the city over the past 30-plus years. He most recently worked as a senior correspondent for CBS.
He worked at WNEW-TV Channel 5 starting in 1984 before he moved to WNBC in 1992. He then made the move a few years later to CBS 2, where he stayed for about 16 years.
“The veteran journalist covered crime, local politics, the courts, and, of course, his beloved New York Yankees,” CBS 2 wrote in an article announcing his death.
A Bronx High School of Science graduate, he attended the State University of New York at Old Westbury before becoming a founder of the Young Lords, a predominately Puerto Rican revolutionary party based in New York, according to CBS 2.
He also wrote for numerous publications, including the Village Voice, Billboard, Rolling Stone and the New York Daily News.
“I never knew what was going to come out of his mouth,” CBS 2 anchor Cindy Hsu said in the CBS 2 article remembering his life.
“Pablo was so original, and is going to be missed,” Hsu added. “He knew everybody.”
News director Sarah Burke said Guzman had the ability to bring out “the best in people,” adding that “people really trusted him.”
CBS 2 reporter Tony Aiello said Guzman was the “real deal.”
“Pablo Guzmán packed 150 years worth of life into 73,” Aiello wrote on social media. “His reporting pulsed with a vitality earned on the streets of El Barrio. He covered historic events, and with the Young Lords he authored a unique chapter of NYC’s own history. Pablo was the real deal. Rest in peace.”
NYC Mayor Eric Adams also commemorated the iconic New Yorker.
“Pablo Guzmán was a son of the Bronx who spoke truth to power and held leaders to account,” Adams said on X.
“Our city is a better place because of the work he did and he will be truly missed. Rest in peace.”
He leaves behind his wife, Debbie, his children, Angela and Daniel, and his mother, Sally.
