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Thursday, January 07, 2021

The Texas media deaths of 2020

Texas media news

Remembering the greats of Texas TV, radio and newspapers that left us in 2020 (compiled from my own blog posts and media outlet reports I encountered through the year - if I missed a notice, please let me know).


JANUARY

Reba Campbell, pioneering female journalist and hand in Texas Football magazine, dies at 95 

R.I.P.: Kelli D'Angelo, Longtime Lubbock Personality 


APRIL

Photographer Willie Dixon remembered by Houston media world

Fmr. KHOU photographer John Shaw loses wife to COVID-19

KTEN News Director Mark Farrell dead at 55

Longtime Dallas Radio Personality Jimmy Stewart Passes

R.I.P.: John Roberts Townsquare Media Tyler, TX OM 


MAY

Cleverley Stone dies of cancer

Photographer Wendel Johnson remembered

Community remembers popular Houston radio DJ killed in crash

Longtime sportswriter, radio host and ‘Mississippi homeboy’ Roger B. Brown remembered for vibrant personality

Former KTSA/San Antonio, Texas Public Radio News Anchor Brent Boller Dies


JULY

KHOU 11 legal analyst Gerald Treece has died

Pioneering Texas TV anchor Judy Jordan dies (KDFW, KLTV, KYTX)

Former Texas TV photographer German Cortez has died

Fmr. KSAT 12 San Antonio anchor Rosenda Rios has died


AUGUST

Kelly Plasker, KCBD Lubbock forecaster, dies

Clint Bourland, 92, legendary local news producer and television pioneer, passed

Former KENS 5 general manager Robert McGann passes away

Beloved, 'one-of-a-kind' Waco broadcaster Butch Henry dies at age 80 


SEPTEMBER

Scott Crowder, 740 KTRH anchor, reportedly passes away

Remembering Richard Connelly, Former Houston Press Staff Writer and Columnist

Remembering Jan Reid, Distinctive Voice in Texas Letters

Remembering Wick Allison, Founder of D Magazine, a Fierce Critic and Champion of Dallas


NOVEMBER

Houston radio personality Dinah Powers dies


DECEMBER

Dan Lauck, former KHOU reporter, has died

Dallas Radio announcer/DJ Hugh A. "Tony" Lawrence passes away

Ann Criswell, Houston Chronicle food editor for three decades, dies at 87



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