Dennis Richmond, a beloved Bay Area newsman and trailblazing Black journalist, died Wednesday, his former news channel ... in the KTVU newsroom today." Richmond sat behind the anchor's desk ...

Legendary KTVU anchor Dennis Richmond, the quintessential newsman of four decades – an anchor still most associated with Channel 2 long after his retirement, died Wednesday at the age of 81.

Legendary KTVU anchorman Dennis Richmond died Wednesday at 81. He was the Bay Area's most well-known news anchor. He was one of the nation's first Black anchors of a major market TV newscast.