What happened to Bill Beutel?
What happened to Bill Beutel?
Bill Beutel, who helped bring about a sea change in the nature of local television news as the dapper and unruffled anchor of “Eyewitness News” at WABC-TV in New York for more than 30 years, died Saturday at his home in Pinehurst, N.C. He was 75.
How old is Bill Butell?
75 years (1930–2006)
Bill Beutel/Age at death
When did Bill Beutel retire?
February 2003
Beutel retired from television in February 2003, having served as an anchor at WABC-TV for a total of 37 years—giving him the longest run in New York television history until he was surpassed by Rafael Pineda, who has been anchor at Spanish-language station WXTV since 1972.
Why was Grimsby fired?
His last TV job ended in 1991 when he was fired as an anchor for KUSI-TV in San Diego. Grimsby’s on-air feuds with fellow “Eyewitness News” team members, including Howard Cosell, Geraldo Rivera and gossip reporter Rona Barrett, whom he openly called “Rona Rooter,” were legendary.
How old is Bill Ritter today?
71 years (February 26, 1950)
Bill Ritter/Age
WHO SAID HERE NOW THE NEWS?
Roger Grimsby
He started each broadcast announcing, “Good evening, I’m Roger Grimsby, here now the news.” For most of his years at WABC, Grimsby also wrote and delivered a daily weekday afternoon radio newscast on the ABC Entertainment Network, which he considered his “read-in” to the news of the day.
What happened to Roger Grimsby?
Death. After his retirement, Grimsby returned to New York City and lived on Manhattan’s Upper West Side with his wife, Maria, whom he had married in 1989. On June 23, 1995, Grimsby died in Lenox Hill Hospital from complications due to advanced lung cancer.
How old is Roger Grimsby?
66 years (1928–1995)
Roger Grimsby/Age at death
Is Roger Grimsby still alive?
Deceased (1928–1995)
Roger Grimsby/Living or Deceased
Who is Bill Ritter married to?
Kathleen Frierym. 2008
Bill Ritter/Spouse
What did Bill Beutel do for a living?
Bill Beutel. William Charles Beutel (December 12, 1930 – March 18, 2006) was an American television reporter, journalist and anchor. He was best known for working over four decades with the American Broadcasting Company, spending much of that time anchoring newscasts for WABC-TV in New York City.
What happened to Steve Beutel on Fox News?
After Grimsby’s firing, Beutel was joined at 6:00 p.m. by Kaity Tong and John Johnson in a rotating anchor arrangement and was permanently joined by Johnson beginning in 1988. In 1990 Beutel began a long stint anchoring the 6 p.m. news alone, which ended when his 11 p.m. co-anchor Diana Williams joined him in 1999.
What happened to Beutel from WABC?
Beutel retired from television in February 2003, having served as an anchor at WABC-TV for a total of 37 years—giving him the longest run in New York television history until he was surpassed by Rafael Pineda, who has been anchor at Spanish-language station WXTV since 1972.
How many times has Beutel been married?
Beutel was married four times. His first marriage was to Gail Wilder, which lasted twenty years and gave Beutel his four children, son Peter and daughters Robin, Colby, and Heather. He married actress Lynn Deerfield, twenty years his junior, in 1975 but the marriage was brief, as was Beutel’s third marriage in 1977 which only lasted four months.
