The fantastic Hal Fishman passed away last week. I grew up watching Hal anchor the "News At 10" on KTLA out of Los Angeles. In fact, with 32 years anchoring KTLA's news, Hal's the longest running anchor in TV history. He was no non-sense and always looked smartly dressed. He was "old skool" in his delivery cadence and it worked.
Quite appropriately, he was in Spider-Man 3 as the anchorman during the climactic battle with Spider-Man and the villains. I noted his delivery style was a little different--more modern--but it was Hal.
Hal was also famous as a private pilot with a number of altitude and speed world records.
There are some echo-worthy comments about Hal in the piece from "The L.A. Times". He died of cancer; it was diagnosed just over a week before he passed on.
You presented what I came to believe the news should be. RIP Hal Fishman.
Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune creator and all around entertainer Merv Griffin Dies at Age 82 of colon cancer.
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