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Julie Haener worked side by side with Richmond delivering the news to the Bay Area for more than 10 years. She said Richmond's attention to detail set a high bar that elevated those around him.
The KTVU Fox 2 family gathered on Tuesday to say a final farewell to a longtime anchor and Bay Area broadcast legend, Dennis Richmond.
Legendary Bay Area news anchor Dennis Richmond, one of the nation’s first Black anchors of a major market TV newscast who spent 40 years with Oakland’s KTVU, died Wednesday, the station announced. He ...
A cause of death was not revealed, but Richmond’s longtime co-anchor, Julie Haener, now retired, told KTVU that he had suffered a heart attack and fall weeks before.
Dennis Richmond, a beloved Bay Area newsman died Wednesday, KTVU reports. A rarity in the business, he stayed at one station for his entire career.
Dennis's former co-anchor Julie Haener later announced that he had suffered a heart attack and a fall two months before his death, which may have contributed to his poor health.
Legendary KTVU anchor Dennis Richmond has died. One of the first Black anchors in a major news market, Richmond joined the San Francisco-based Fox-affiliated station in 1968, and remained there until ...
Then, as the region suffered a string of natural disasters, he co-anchored the Loma Prieta earthquake from the KTVU parking lot in 1989 and reported on the Oakland Hills firestorm in 1991. In an ...