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Roger Grimsby (1928-1995) was an American journalist, TV news anchor and actor. He worked for several stations, including WABC-TV in New York, where he covered the Robert F. Kennedy assassination and other major events.
Roger Grimsby was a news anchor and actor who appeared in Ghostbusters and other movies. He was born in 1928, died in 1995, and had a distinctive opening and closing line for his news broadcasts.
- September 23, 1928
- June 25, 1995
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...
“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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- Eyewitness News ABC7NY
Jul 17, 1995 · Roger Grimsby, who made "happy talk" a successful news format with his laconic and dry style, died of lung cancer in 1995. He worked for 40 years in TV news, covering the Vietnam War and feuding with fellow anchors like Howard Cosell and Geraldo Rivera.
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...
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Roger Grimsby (1928-1995) was an actor who appeared in Ghostbusters, Bananas and Nothing But Trouble, among others. He was also a TV newscaster on WABC-TV in New York City from 1968 to 1988.
