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Channel 4 News Anchor Jim Vance Dies
I couldn't stand the guy, but he died anyway.
http://dcrtv.com/
Jim Vance Dies - 7/22 - Jim Vance (right), who anchored for NBC's Channel 4/WRC for more than four decades, has died. His station announced the news on Saturday morning via nbcwashington.com. He was 75 and had just recently announced on-air that he'd been diagnosed with cancer. "We are heartbroken to announce that Jim Vance died this morning," WRC President and General Manager Jackie Bradford wrote on the station's website. "For more than 45 years, Jim Vance was not only the soul of NBC4 but of the entire Washington area. His smooth voice, brilliant mind and unforgettable laugh leaves each of us with a tremendous void," she wrote. According to wtop.com, even with the cancer diagnosis, he had manned the anchor desk this summer in between treatments, telling concerned viewers, " have been coming into work with my partners here whenever I can, and I shall continue to do that. In fact, I will insist on doing that." As the region's longest-serving television news anchor - he joined WRC in 1969 - Vance spent three years as a reporter before taking the helm as weekend anchor in 1970 and becoming co-anchor of WRC's daily newscasts in 1972. More: Local journalists and fans react to Vance's death - wtop.com.....
http://dcrtv.com/mailbag.html
