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Beloved News Anchor Celeste Wilson Dies Suddenly at 42: ‘An Absolute Joy to Be Around’
New York Post ^ | Aug. 29, 2025 | Anna Young

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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1 posted on 08/30/2025 1:11:18 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Seemed sudden.


2 posted on 08/30/2025 1:12:30 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Society has no reward for following the rules any more)
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To: nickcarraway

And everyone aksed.....


3 posted on 08/30/2025 1:12:57 PM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: Texas Eagle

Is it us again, Fauci? Yes Pfizer, it’s always us.


4 posted on 08/30/2025 1:15:09 PM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: nickcarraway
....our thoughts are with Celeste’s family and friends.”

You take that back right now or your friends in the fake news media will have a conniption.

5 posted on 08/30/2025 1:15:22 PM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: Wilderness Conservative

👍


6 posted on 08/30/2025 1:15:58 PM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: Texas Eagle

We axed 🪓🪓🪓


7 posted on 08/30/2025 1:16:31 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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Oops that joke wasn’t intended about the victim

Just replying to comment above

She was pretty.

Sad 😥


8 posted on 08/30/2025 1:18:31 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Texas Eagle

“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.


9 posted on 08/30/2025 1:20:43 PM PDT by albie
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To: nickcarraway

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 😞


10 posted on 08/30/2025 1:21:05 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: nickcarraway

My guess would be: Got some real money, and so loaded up on drugs, Len Bias style.


11 posted on 08/30/2025 1:28:02 PM PDT by Fido969
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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?


12 posted on 08/30/2025 1:29:44 PM PDT by DugwayDuke (Most pick the expert who says the things they agree with.)
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To: Fido969

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.


13 posted on 08/30/2025 1:32:48 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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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.


14 posted on 08/30/2025 1:32:49 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try )
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To: nickcarraway

Sudden Heart Onset TimeoutS


15 posted on 08/30/2025 1:32:56 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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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.


16 posted on 08/30/2025 1:33:45 PM PDT by allendale
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To: DugwayDuke
The question should be asked is did anyone in their forties ever have a heart attack prior to 2020?

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.

17 posted on 08/30/2025 1:41:11 PM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Sarah Barracuda

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.


18 posted on 08/30/2025 1:43:04 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: DugwayDuke

Yes. I lost a friend who was in his mid forties in the late 19901.


19 posted on 08/30/2025 1:43:16 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

s/b 1990s


20 posted on 08/30/2025 1:44:41 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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