[NormsRevenge]

Hal Fishman

[JennysCool]

A fixture in the news biz! Prayers up for Hal.

[Tired of Taxes]

That’s considered Stage IV colon cancer. Tony Snow has the same. I lost my dad to colon cancer. Like Hal, his wasn’t caught until it had spread to his liver, too. The good news is: Mr. Fishman will have more options for treatment today than ever before in fighting this disease, and many more treatments are developing. Hopefully, he will beat it and live for many years to come.

[OCCASparky]

Thoughts and prayers to Hal from a former SoCal.

[GOP Poet]

Many Prayers to Hal and to his close friends and family.

[BenLurkin]

Sad news. We’ve wathced him for decades. Mrs. Lurkin in particular is a fan of his.

[Borges]

He dies.

[anglian]

August 7, 2007 Longtime KTLA Channel 5 anchor Hal Fishman died early Tuesday, less than a week after he was diagnosed with colon cancer, the station announced during its morning broadcast.

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 Northridge earthquake and the Rodney King beating.

His honors include a Gov.'s Award from the Los Angeles Chapter of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, an Outstanding Broadcast Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, and a lifetime achievement award from the Associated Press Television-Radio Association.

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