Posted on 08/30/2025 1:11:18 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A beloved Mississippi news anchor — who had only recently joined her television station — died suddenly at age 42, her devastated colleagues announced.
Celeste Wilson, a weekend anchor for WAPT 16 in Jackson, tragically died of a heart attack.
“Though Celeste had only been with us a short time, we were already touched by her professionalism, warmth, and dedication to the work of journalism,” her network, which also shared the tragic news on air, penned in its announcement Wednesday. “All of us here at 16 WAPT are heartbroken by this sudden loss, and our thoughts are with Celeste’s family and friends.”
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Seemed sudden.
And everyone aksed.....
Is it us again, Fauci? Yes Pfizer, it’s always us.
You take that back right now or your friends in the fake news media will have a conniption.
👍
We axed 🪓🪓🪓
Oops that joke wasn’t intended about the victim
Just replying to comment above
She was pretty.
Sad 😥
“Our thoughts” never made sense to me. Our prayers yes. Sorry for your loss yes. Our thoughts are their way of saying we don’t wanna rock the Apple cart with any of that religion baloney.
42 of a heart attack I think the question that should be asked was was she vaxxed .. very sad condolences to her family too too young 😞
My guess would be: Got some real money, and so loaded up on drugs, Len Bias style.
Sarah Barracuda wrote: “42 of a heart attack I think the question that should be asked was was she vaxxed ..”
The question should be asked is did anyone in their forties ever have a heart attack prior to 2020?
I always laugh when I see people thinking local TV stations pay a lot. They don’t. Especially in Mississippi.
It’s the 99th largest TV market and she was a weekend anchor. Next to weekend reporter…thats the lowest paid anchor at the station.
My wife worked in small market TV/Radio for 25 years. She was very good. It is a job you do for the love of the work…you aren’t getting rich until you get to a top 20 market. And even then, very few make “big” money.
Re: vaccine status
Well, her bio indicates she was working with/for PBS at times. Wonder what the “you have to accept the va☠️☠️ine” pressure was like.
That said, Prayers Up for her family and friends.
Sudden Heart Onset TimeoutS
First day on a new job? Not a gambler but would lay odds that the toxicology screen will be revealing. First got to get to sleep, then got to be awake and alert.......not hard to induce a lethal arrythmia.
Yes. I knew a guy who died of a heart attack in his early 40s, and that was in the 1990s. He was a heavy beer drinker, but not alcoholic or obese.
My packaging professor died about a month or two after getting the vax though he was in good health.
Given that seeing “heart attack” in such a young person does make one wonder.
Yes. I lost a friend who was in his mid forties in the late 19901.
s/b 1990s
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