Jim Kincaid

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James W. Kincaid (October 23, 1934 – July 17, 2011) was an American television

news correspondent for ABC News and local news anchor for WVEC in Norfolk, Virginia, for over 18 years.[1]

Biography and early career

Kincaid was born on October 23, 1934, in

New Orleans, Louisiana, where he won a National Gold Bell award for his reporting on the death of Pope John XXIII in 1963. He later moved to what was then KMOX-TV (now KMOV) and WCBS-TV
before moving to ABC News. Married three times, two of his marriages ended in divorce.

Network correspondent

Hired to work as a network

Bu Dop. He sustained a broken back in the crash and spent several months recovering in Hong Kong
.

WVEC-TV

In 1978, Kincaid left ABC to become the local news anchor for WVEC. During his time with WVEC, he returned to Vietnam to do a special series of stories covering the changes that had taken place over the previous 25 years. While shooting the award-winning documentary, Kincaid reunited a Vietnamese

left Vietnam by boat
in the 1970s with her infant daughter, and had not seen her family in over 20 years.

Kincaid also wrote a documentary in 1995 entitled "

VE Day". Three D-Day veterans from the Norfolk area accompanied Jim to several historic World War II sites, including Weymouth, England, Omaha Beach, Bastogne, the Dachau concentration camp, and Margraten in the Netherlands, site of the largest American cemetery in Europe. In 1996, Kincaid stepped down as WVEC's primary news anchor; he continued with the station as a commentator until his retirement.[2]

Jim Kincaid authored several books, with collections of his humorous anecdotes.[3]

His books "Theo" and" Anna's Eyes" were published in 1994 and 2002 respectively. They tell the story of his beloved father-in-law, Theo Wildanger, an accomplished artist.

Post-news career and death

In 1997, Kincaid left WVEC. He and his wife Catherine moved to a

news business, Kincaid continued to work, providing narration and voice-over work. Kincaid died of a heart attack on July 17, 2011, at the age of 76.[5]

References

  • Notes On Politics From Down The Road Apiece, Jim Kincaid, 1987
  1. ^ "Former longtime WVEC-TV anchor Jim Kincaid dies at 76 | WVEC.com Norfolk - Hampton Roads". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  2. ^ "JIM KINCAID". Jim Kincaid — For over 17 years, he has been the "dean" of broadcasters" for Hampton Roads. After tonight, that familiar face retires to a farm in Elam.
  3. ^ Kincaid's books can be found on Amazon.com.Search titles Notes On Politics From Down The Road Apiece and Notes From Elam by Jim Kincaid.
  4. ^ "Former longtime WVEC-TV anchor Jim Kincaid dies at 76 | WVEC.com Norfolk - Hampton Roads". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  5. ^ "Beloved former WVEC-TV anchor is remembered | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19.

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