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On October 3, 1983, during an NBC News Digest segment, Savitch was slurring her speech, deviating from her script and ad-libbing her report. She performed a later segment the same evening without issues.
- Television journalist
- Jessica Beth Savitch, February 1, 1947, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
- 1968–1983
- Ithaca College
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...
- Justine Harman
Glassy-eyed, slurring her words, the anchorwoman tumbled into a frantic free fall, her voice finally sticking on the syllables in the word constitutional. Three weeks after her collapse — one of...
Jul 22, 2023 · + 10. View gallery. On October 3, 1983, during an NBC News Digest segment, Savitch was broadcasted speaking incoherently. The anchor slurred her words and deviated during the report - causing...
- Claudia Aoraha
- 2 min
The typically commanding anchorwoman was low. It had been less than three weeks since she’d garbled a prime-time NBC news digest—her speech halting, her jaw awkwardly slung open—in the middle of a Johnny Carson special. The event, beamed into millions of homes, got media tongues wagging.