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Aug 7, 2007
Local News Legend Hal Fishman Dies at 75
Longtime Los Angeles television news anchor Hal Fishman died this morning, less than a week after he was diagnosed with colon cancer. Television station KTLA announced on the air that 75-year-old Fishman died at 3 a.m. at home with his family at his side. Fishman anchored the station's 10 p.m. newscast since 1975. He joined KTLA in 1965 and reported on the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, the Watts riots, the Northridge earthquake, and the Rodney King beating. Larry discusses Fishman's life and career with Fishman's former co-anchor, Terry Anzur, author Barry J. Schiff, and longtime NBC4 news anchor Paul Moyer.

Longtime Los Angeles television news anchor Hal Fishman died this morning, less than a week after he was diagnosed with colon cancer. Television station KTLA announced on the air that 75-year-old Fishman died at 3 a.m. at home with his family at his side. Fishman anchored the station's 10 p.m. newscast since 1975. He joined KTLA in 1965 and reported on the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, the Watts riots, the Northridge earthquake, and the Rodney King beating. Larry discusses Fishman's life and career with Fishman's former co-anchor, Terry Anzur, author Barry J. Schiff, and longtime NBC4 news anchor Paul Moyer.

Longtime Los Angeles television news anchor Hal Fishman died this morning, less than a week after he was diagnosed with colon cancer. Television station KTLA announced on the air that 75-year-old Fishman died at 3 a.m. at home with his family at his side. Fishman anchored the station's 10 p.m. newscast since 1975. He joined KTLA in 1965 and reported on the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, the Watts riots, the Northridge earthquake, and the Rodney King beating. Larry discusses Fishman's life and career with Fishman's former co-anchor, Terry Anzur, author Barry J. Schiff, and longtime NBC4 news anchor Paul Moyer.

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