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Roger Olin Grimsby (September 23, 1928 – June 23, 1995) was an American journalist, television news anchor and actor.Grimsby, who for eighteen years was seen on ABC's flagship station WABC in New York City, is known as one of the pioneers of local television broadcast news.
Apr 18, 1986 · Roger Grimsby, the veteran news anchor at WABC/Channel 7, was released yesterday after an 18-year career at the station. Bill Fyffe, general manager and vice president of WABC, said in a prepared ...
Jun 24, 1995 · Roger Grimsby, whose commanding delivery and acerbic wit as the anchor of "Eyewitness News" at WABC-TV in New York helped redefine local television news, died yesterday at Lenox Hill Hospital in ...
Nov 12, 2018 · Remembering Roger Grimsby (from 1995) Monday, November 12, 2018. ... One of those events was the passing of Eyewitness News anchor Roger Grimsby, who died on June 23, 1995 at the age of 67.
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Nov 10, 2018 · “I’m Roger Grimsby. Here now the news.” Perhaps the most famous newscast introduction in New York history. To help celebrate 50 years of covering this amaz...
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Jun 25, 1995 · Roger Grimsby, the stone-faced television newsman whose acerbic comments were more typical of an outraged pedant than of the "happy talk" "Eyewitness News" shows he anchored on both coasts for ...
Jul 17, 1995 · New York City TV newsman Roger Grimsby, the acerbic half of the "Eyewitness News" anchor team that made "happy talk" a successful news format, died June 23 of lung cancer at Lenox Hill Hospital.