![]() ![]() Leslie Griffith, a longtime journalist who graced television screens for more than two decades as anchor for KTVU Channel 2 News, has died. Those are people that you don't forget," said Sasaki. ![]() I mean, Elaine Corral is another one, Dennis Richmond is another one…these people who are just kind of legendary in the KTVU family. It's one of those voices that you always connect with. Sasaki she connected to the viewers with her powerful voice. She was just this really powerful figure in the newsroom." "She was one of those really vibrant, vivacious, you know, very alive people. I mean, this is someone I had known for, you know, past 25 years or so," said former KTVU reporter John Sasaki, who now works as a spokesperson for Oakland Unified School District. But the news of her death was difficult for those who worked with her at KTVU. Many posts were from people who are longtime KTVU viewers and those who said they grew up with Griffth on the screen in their homes. Tributes to the legendary anchor poured in on social media. She had a home in Mexico and lived there since 2016, the family member said. ![]() She always remained a prolific writer for the like of the Huffington Post and San Francisco Chronicle.Ī family member confirms Griffith was suffering from the effects of Lyme Disease since she was bitten by a tick while living in Oregon in 2015. Griffith Woman of Courage Scholarship to help young women. Here is a look at some of the big stories from her career, including the Oakland hills fire, the Los Angeles riots and the mistreatment of circus elephants, an issue that deeply concerned her.īefore television, she cut her journalism teeth at the Associated Press and The Denver Post.Ĭoncerned with the problem of tuberculosis in circus elephants for many years, she championed getting elephants out of circuses. Many locals are taking to social media to write both condolences and admiration, with comments such as “amazing grace” and, as the local chief minister wrote on Twitter, “extraordinary bravery and professionalism.” The full news clip is on YouTube.Highlights from Leslie Griffith's KTVU careerįormer KTVU news anchor and reporter Leslie Griffith recently died. She has worked for the news agency since its inception nine years ago, and is described as being a popular news anchor. Kauer, who’d been married to Harshad Kawade for less than two years, is now being hailed around the world for her professionalism and composure in the midst of such shock. It wasn’t until she emerged from the studio at the end of the segment and her husband’s death was confirmed that she broke down, reports the New York Post. “For a moment her voice trembled, but she collected herself and carried on reading the news till the bulletin got over 10 minutes later,” the editor-in-chief of IBC24 said Sunday. No names were given on the air, but her husband was driving the same road in Pithora at the same time in the same kind of car as one of the two involved, reports CNN. PITHORA, India – While news anchor Supreet Kauer listened to a reporter relay news of a car accident that killed three people in central India on Saturday morning, she realized that her husband was among the victims, reports the AP. ![]()
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