Roger Grimsby
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Roger Olin Grimsby (September 23, 1928 – June 23, 1995) was an American journalist, television news anchor and actor. Grimsby, who for eighteen years was seen on ABC's flagship station WABC in New York City, is known as one of the pioneers of local television broadcast news.
Early life
Roger Grimsby was an orphan who was born in Butte, Montana and raised in
Career
Grimsby returned to his native Duluth, Minnesota, where he began his anchoring career in 1954 as an
In 1968, Grimsby was brought to WABC-TV in New York City, where he started as anchor of WABC's 11:00 p.m. news broadcast Roger Grimsby and the Noisemakers on June 3, 1968. Two days later, he was thrust into the national spotlight as anchor of ABC's coverage of the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.[2]
In April 1969, WABC dropped John Schubeck from the anchor slot on their 6:00 p.m. broadcast, replacing him with Grimsby, who also continued in the 11:00 p.m. slot.[3]
Grimsby's initial co-anchor on the 6:00 p.m. newscast was former WCBS-TV newsman Tom Dunn, but the man who was most closely identified with him was Bill Beutel, who replaced Dunn in September 1970 and co-anchored the news with Grimsby until 1986. He started each broadcast announcing, "Good evening, I’m Roger Grimsby, here now the news," and then closed with, "Hoping your news is good news, I'm Roger Grimsby". 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.
A six-time Emmy winner, Grimsby was fired from WABC in April 1986. In an incident recounted by several of his colleagues, including
Grimsby was hired by
In 1990, he relocated to
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 at Lenox Hill Hospital from complications due to advanced lung cancer.[10]
Filmography
- Bananas(1971) - Himself
- The Exterminator (1980) - Himself
- Ghostbusters (1984) - Himself
- Turk 182 (1985) - Himself
- Power (1986) - Commentator
- The Equalizer (1988) - Newscaster, episode ”The Mystery of Manon, Part 1"
- Nothing but Trouble (1991) - TV Anchor (final film role)
References
- ^ "TV Newsman Is Injured". San Mateo Times. June 26, 1962. Retrieved October 16, 2018 – via NewspaperArchive.
- ProQuest 143460739.
- ProQuest 118498929.
- YouTube
- ProQuest 277838386.
- ProQuest 278155285.
- ProQuest 281123771.
- ProQuest 281459670.
- ^ Brass, Kevin (1991-02-18). "Gruff Grimsby Says Smiling Wasn't Part of KUSI Deal". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
- ^ Bill Carter (June 24, 1995). "Roger Grimsby, 66, Anchor And Initiator of 'Happy Talk'". The New York Times.
External links
- Roger Grimsby at IMDb
- UHF Nocturne - print ads for KGO featuring Roger Grimsby
- Broadcast legends - Roger Grimsby Biography
- Carter, Bill (June 24, 1995). "Obituary: Roger Grimsby, 66, Anchor And Initiator of 'Happy Talk'". The New York Times.