Jessica Savitch
(1947-1983)
American television news reporter
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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. Savitch was one of the first women to anchor an evening network newscast alone, following in the footsteps of Marlene Sanders of ABC News and Catherine Mackin of NBC News. She also hosted PBS's public affairs program Frontline from its January 1983 debut until her death in a car crash the following October.
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Jessica Beth Savitch 1 February 1947 Kennet Square, Pennsylvania, USA
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23 October 1983 (aged 36) Delaware Canal, New Hope, Pennsylvania, USA
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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