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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.
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...
In the early 1980s, with cable in its infancy and network anchors dominating the airwaves, one of the most identifiable, and beloved, was NBC’s Jessica Savitch.
- Alissa Krinsky
A documentary about the life of Jessica Savitch, an NBC news reporter who died at the age of 36 in 1983 due to accidental drowning. Savitch was a trailblazer for women in the field of broadcast...
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Oct 25, 1983 · NEW HOPE, Pa. -- NBC newscaster Jessica Savitch, whose professional triumphs and personal tragedies were documented in her recent autobiography 'Anchorwoman,' drowned in a canal 'within a very...
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Jun 27, 1988 · Her self-abuse finally became evident to millions when she slurred her way through a harrowing 43-second NBC News Digest. Three weeks later, Savitch, 36, and a date, New York Post Executive...