Tony Valdez, a reporter and anchor at Kttv Channel 11 in Los Angeles for more than 35 years, has died. He was 78.
Valdez had been battling end-stage kidney failure and died at home, his son, Steve Valdez, told the station on Friday.
A native of East Los Angeles, Valdez attended L.A. City College and served with the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He worked at the local TV stations Kcet and Ktla and the La Opiñion newspaper before joining Kttv in 1981 when it was owned by Metromedia.
“You could look around the TV stations and you’d see one or two Black anchors, a handful of Black reporters, but no brown ones, no Asians,” he said when he retired in 2016. “I was fortunate to be one of the people who, to put it bluntly, broke the color barrier.
“Whether it’s murder, mayhem, death or disaster,” he added, “those are...
Valdez had been battling end-stage kidney failure and died at home, his son, Steve Valdez, told the station on Friday.
A native of East Los Angeles, Valdez attended L.A. City College and served with the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He worked at the local TV stations Kcet and Ktla and the La Opiñion newspaper before joining Kttv in 1981 when it was owned by Metromedia.
“You could look around the TV stations and you’d see one or two Black anchors, a handful of Black reporters, but no brown ones, no Asians,” he said when he retired in 2016. “I was fortunate to be one of the people who, to put it bluntly, broke the color barrier.
“Whether it’s murder, mayhem, death or disaster,” he added, “those are...
- 5/6/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Veteran reporter Tony Valdez, who covered Los Angeles for more than 30 years for the Fox 11 television station, has died at 78. His son confirmed the death and said his father had been battling end-stage kidney failure before dying at home on Friday morning.
Valdez was one of the few Latino TV reporters when he started his career in 1981. He worked until retiring from Fox in 2016. He was the host of Midday Sunday and coanchored weekends with Christine Devine in the 1990s.
He was also the host of the crime series LA’s Most Wanted.
Valdez grew up in downtown Los Angeles and graduated from Los Angeles College.
Prior to joining Kttv, he worked at Kcet, Ktla, and La Opiñion. During his long career, he covered such big stories as the Watts Riots, the Hillside Strangler and Night Stalker serial killer cases, the arrest and trial of O.J. Simpson, and several political elections.
Valdez was one of the few Latino TV reporters when he started his career in 1981. He worked until retiring from Fox in 2016. He was the host of Midday Sunday and coanchored weekends with Christine Devine in the 1990s.
He was also the host of the crime series LA’s Most Wanted.
Valdez grew up in downtown Los Angeles and graduated from Los Angeles College.
Prior to joining Kttv, he worked at Kcet, Ktla, and La Opiñion. During his long career, he covered such big stories as the Watts Riots, the Hillside Strangler and Night Stalker serial killer cases, the arrest and trial of O.J. Simpson, and several political elections.
- 5/5/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Dispatcher, created by author John Scalzi, started life as an Audible audiobook narrated by Zachary Quinto.
It is now being adapted for the small-screen after producer Uri Singer, the producer behind Netflix’s feature film adaptation of Don DeLillo’s Underworld, acquired the rights.
The Dispatcher takes place in Chicago in a distant future in which it becomes almost impossible to murder anyone – 999 times out of a thousand, anyone who is intentionally killed comes back. The ongoing series follows Tony Valdez, a Dispatcher – a licensed, bonded professional whose job is to humanely dispatch those about to die, so they can have a second chance to avoid the reaper. He teams up with Chicago Pd detective, Nona Langdon, to help save those at death’s crosshairs and solve the crimes that put them there.
It is written by Scalzi, the former president of the Science and Fiction Fantasy Writers of America,...
It is now being adapted for the small-screen after producer Uri Singer, the producer behind Netflix’s feature film adaptation of Don DeLillo’s Underworld, acquired the rights.
The Dispatcher takes place in Chicago in a distant future in which it becomes almost impossible to murder anyone – 999 times out of a thousand, anyone who is intentionally killed comes back. The ongoing series follows Tony Valdez, a Dispatcher – a licensed, bonded professional whose job is to humanely dispatch those about to die, so they can have a second chance to avoid the reaper. He teams up with Chicago Pd detective, Nona Langdon, to help save those at death’s crosshairs and solve the crimes that put them there.
It is written by Scalzi, the former president of the Science and Fiction Fantasy Writers of America,...
- 12/20/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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