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Jessica Beth Savitch (February 1, 1947 – October 23, 1983) was an American television journalist who was the weekend anchor of NBC Nightly News and daily newsreader for NBC News during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Jessica Savitch: Host Frontline: 25 1983-10-23 Drowned in a car accident 1 Replaced during the second season by Judy Woodruff. Michael Conrad: Phil Esterhaus: Hill Street Blues: 1983-11-22 Urethral cancer: 4 Character killed off while having sex with Grace Gardner.
"Jessica Savitch, NBC television news anchor, drowned after the car she was riding in fell into a canal, flipped over, and sank in mud, sealing the doors shut." - Less common than dying from an impact car accident, but not unusual.
During a live NBC news update, anchor Jessica Savitch appears incoherent, slurring her speech, deviating from her copy and ad-libbing her report. Savitch, dogged by rumors of drug abuse and instability, still has her contract renewed, but drowns in a car accident three weeks later. [13] October 6
Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter, Constable of the Tower of London, 1430 – 1475.He fell overboard a ship and his body was found in the English Channel; George, Duke of Clarence (born 1449), executed for treason against his brother king Edward IV of England on 1478, by drowning in a barrel of Malmsey wine; or so the legend says, because modern assessments favour the traditional decapitation ...
Pages in category "Deaths by drowning in the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 246 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
New evidence reopened the case of actress Natalie Wood’s 1981 drowning death, pointing to her husband, actor Robert Wagner, as a prime suspect. Two witnesses came forward, claiming Wood was ...
The program debuted in 1983, with NBC anchorwoman Jessica Savitch as the show's first host, but Savitch died later after the first-season finale. PBS NewsHour ' s Judy Woodruff took over as host in 1984, and hosted the program for five years, combining her job with a sub-anchor place on The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour when Jim Lehrer was away.