Chicagoans woke up this morning to the dreadful as well as entirely unexpected reports that Randy Salerno, preferred morning television news anchor for Chicago’s CBS Channel 2, was actually killed in a snowmobiling accident Thursday evening in Wisconsin. Known to early rising television customers as part of a dynamic duo that would view them through breakfast and get them ready for the morning commute, he had actually been actually on the air in this capacity since the latter component of 2004, when he took over the 5:00 ARE ACTUALLY to 7:00 AM timeslot as well as the 11:00 AM morning headlines.
The driver of the snowmobile, Scott Hirschey, upheld damages as well as was actually flown to Marshfield, Wisconsin, to Saint Joseph’s Healthcare facility where he is in serious yet stable situation. Randy Salerno was actually riding on the back of the motorcycle when it slid off the trail and struck a tree. As of this write-up, no costs have actually been actually filed. Randy Salerno had actually functioned for Channel 2′s Morning Headlines in Chicago because September of 2004.
Just lately, one more information anchor expired. Hugh Smith, longtime television anchor at WTVT, perished on December 16, 2007 from complications of melanoma. Melanoma is the deadliest application of skin cancer. Smith, 73, perished at the Palms of Pasadena Clinic in Florida. Smith functioned for WTVT for 27 years as the lead news anchor and director. Although Smith was wonderful at his job as well as with his leadership overruled local rankings, he was actually in arrested twice for soliciting prostitutes. The first time he was arrested in 1982 for soliciting an undercover policewoman, he was actually suspended for one week from the program. At that point again in 1991 Smith was arrested for soliciting a 15-year-old prostitute for sex. He resigned from the station shortly after.
As a Chicagoan myself, I fondly remember meeting Salerno at the Chicago Marathon back in 2002. He had a bright character and was someone many people sought up to. He never waitted to tell you hello to fans of the station as well as consistently delivered vibrant new reports to the City of Chicago. There was no doubt in my mind that the guy that shook my hand would go spots in his job. The whole Capital’s prayers are actually by having Salerno’s household.
Another prominent information anchor to have not too long ago perished was Hal Fishman of KTLA-TV in Los Angeles. Hal Fishman, 75, perished in his home in August 2007 after only learning of his colon cancer medical diagnosis a week in the past.
In October of 2007, an information anchor from northern Michigan expired in a car crash. Kristen Rath, that was actually an information anchor at CBS associate, WBKB-TV in Alpena, was actually eradicated in a head-on collision. Her truck veered across the center line as well as collided by having an additional auto, both drivers expired on impact.