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ObitsSaturday Aug 16, 2008
Leroy Sievers Loses Battle with Cancer
Sievers was one of Ted Koppel's executive producers at Nightline, and later moved with Koppel to the Discovery Channel where he oversaw the 2007 documentary "Our Children's Children's War," which aired in March 2007. Sievers, along with Lance Armstrong and Elizabeth Edwards, was prominently featured in Koppel's "Living with Cancer" broadcast, which aired on Discovery in May, 2007. Sievers was first diagnosed with colon cancer in 2006. By June of this year it had spread to his brain, shoulder blades, liver, pelvis and lungs. • Related: ABCNews.com, The "Heart of Nightline" Sunday Aug 12, 2007
"Visionary" Merv Griffin Dies
"My father was a visionary," Griffin's son, Tony Griffin, said in a statement issued today. "He loved business and continued his many projects and holdings even while hospitalized." Griffin's latest project Merv Griffin's Crosswords premieres in syndication next month. Griffin was a guest on FOX & Friends just last month. In what would be his last interview, Brian Kilmeade asked Griffin about his legacy and how his television show impacted politics: "The Kennedy White House would call my producer," Griffin said, "so they became aware of how valuable the talk shows were to a candidate." "The 23 years I did my show, nobody knew what my political affiliations were." Merv Griffin was 82. Tuesday Aug 07, 2007
Hal Fishman Dies
KTLA's newsroom was named in Fishman's honor in 2000. >From an LA emailer: "I can't think of another local news anchor anywhere I've lived who has had such a strong connection to his audience and city. Watching him when I go home is like catching up with an old friend." Previously |
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