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   What happened to Jessica Savitch?

   • This article was published more than 40 years ago 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.

   NBC's Jessica Savitch Drowns in Car in Canal - The Washington Post

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   Who was Jessica Savitch?

   • 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 drove into a canal in a rural section of Bucks County, Pa., and overturned.

   JESSICA SAVITCH OF NBC-TV KILLED IN CAR ACCIDENT

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   Why did Jessica Savitch leave NBC?

   • In her biography "Golden Girl: The Story of Jessica Savitch", Allana Nash wrote the NBC newcomer was not prepared for the Senate beat and was eventually moved to general assignments. In addition, Nash said the culmination of her failed marriages, and her alleged drug abuse, affected her on-air presence.

   Jessica Savitch's legacy 30 years after her death - Chron

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   What happened to miss Savitch?

   • Since last summer, when Connie Chung took her place as the anchor on the Saturday ''Nightly News,'' she had delivered the network's weekday news updates. Miss Savitch had suffered a number of personal misfortunes in recent years. Her first marriage, to Mel Korn, a Philadelphia advertising executive, ended in divorce after less than one year.

   JESSICA SAVITCH OF NBC-TV KILLED IN CAR ACCIDENT

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jessica_SavitchJessica Savitch - Wikipedia

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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.

   • Occupation: Television journalist
   • Born: Jessica Beth Savitch, February 1, 1947, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.

   • Years active: 1968–1983
   • Education: Ithaca College

3. www.marieclaire.com › celebrity › what-happened-toWhat Really Happened to Jessica Savitch? | Marie Claire

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   Nov 28, 2023 · It had been less than three weeks since she garbled a prime-time NBC news digest—her speech halting, her jaw awkwardly slung open—in the middle of the Johnny Carson special. The event, beamed into...

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5. www.nytimes.com › 1983/10/25 › obituariesJESSICA SAVITCH OF NBC-TV KILLED IN CAR ACCIDENT

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   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...

6. www.adweek.com › the-legacy-of-jessica-savitchRemembering Jessica Savitch, 30 Years After Her Death - Adweek

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   Oct 18, 2013 · Former NBC Newser Linda Ellerbee: “Her death was a tragic accident. I think of ‘what might have been’. So many possibilities lost. If she were alive today, I’d tell her what I should have said to...

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   Oct 25, 1983 · 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 in plunged into the...

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   Oct 22, 2013 · By Alanna Nash, October 22, 2013 12:18 PM. Jessica Savitch, 1947-1983. This week I'll travel from my home in Kentucky to stand at the spot in New Hope, Pa., where NBC News anchor Jessica Savitch (right) died 30 years ago tonight on the rainy fall evening of October 23.

9. www.chron.com › culture › tvJessica Savitch's legacy 30 years after her death - Chron

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   Oct 23, 2013 · On Oct. 23, 1983, only a few weeks after her on-air flub, she drowned when her car flipped over in a Pennsylvania canal. She was 36. Her death resonated with many, eventually culminating in two...