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- Jessica Savitch, 35, an award-winning newswoman with the NBC network since 1977, drowned early yesterday after the car she was riding in plunged into the Delaware Canal in New Hope, Pa., about 35 miles northeast of Philadelphia. She lived in New York City.
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Melvin "Mel" Korn. . . ( m. 1980; div. 1981) . Dr. Donald Payne. . . ( m. 1981; died 1981) . 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...
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 ...
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By From news services. October 25, 1983 at 1:00 a.m. EDT. Jessica Savitch, 35, an award-winning newswoman with the NBC network since 1977, drowned early yesterday after the car she was riding...
Oct 25, 1983 · By MARIANNE LAVELLE. NEW HOPE, Pa. -- NBC newscaster Jessica Savitch, whose professional triumphs and personal tragedies were documented in her recent autobiography 'Anchorwoman,' drowned in a...
Oct 18, 2013 · Remembering Jessica Savitch, 30 Years After Her Death. By Alissa Krinsky on Oct. 18, 2013 - 7:00 AM. In the early 1980s, with cable in its infancy and network anchors dominating the airwaves, one ...
Oct 24, 2013 · 445. 84K views 10 years ago. Go to http://www.NBCUniversalArchives.com to license any portion of this video. It has now been 30 years since NBC newscaster Jessica Savitch's untimely death....
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