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Jessica Beth Savitch (February 1, 1947 – October 23, 1983) was an American television journalist who was the weekend anchor of NBC Nightly News and daily newsreader for NBC News during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Savitch was one of the first women to anchor an evening network newscast alone, following in the footsteps of Marlene Sanders ...
Nov 28, 2023 · Her latest podcast, KILLED, about stories submerged by the media, was the #12 in 2022. She lives in Los Angeles. In the 40 years since her death, the pioneering newscaster has become an Icarus ...
- Justine Harman
Oct 25, 1983 · Jessica Savitch, the NBC television reporter who became one of the first women to anchor an evening network newscast, was killed late Sunday night after the car she and a companion were in...
Oct 18, 2013 · A pioneering woman in broadcasting, Savitch was only 30 when, in 1977, fresh from local TV news jobs in Philadelphia and Houston, NBC News hired her to cover Congress. Savitch went on to be the...
- Alissa Krinsky
At age 30 she become the first woman to anchor the weekend news for NBC, where she also covered Capitol Hill. Savitch's personal life was a mess - a divorce, the suicide of her second husband, a cocaine habit. Her colleagues considered her a prima donna. But none of that mattered when the cool blonde looked into the camera."
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Mini Bio. Jessica Savitch was born on February 1, 1947 in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Her father suddenly died when she was just 12 years old. It was he that encouraged her for a career in broadcast journalism. Jessica first considered a career in broadcasting while in high school.
October 25, 1983 at 1:00 a.m. EDT. The career of NBC newscaster Jessica Savitch, which ended with her death yesterday in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, rivaled the most fantastic fiction in its...
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