The grand old TV anchor-news reader was pure gold. (Words & Images).(JERRY DUNPHY)(Brief Article)(Obituary)

From: USA Today (Magazine) | Date: September 1, 2002| Author: Saltzman, Joe | Copyright information

JERRY DUNPHY was 80 when he died in May. For half of those years, he was the definitive local news anchor in Los Angeles television and the model for news anchors around the country--the good-looking male anchor with the gray hair, the stentorian baritone who read the news in an authoritative, this-is-what-happened-today manner. Viewers believed what he said and understood every word because of his superb pronunciation and pacing. Dunphy was the anchor every newswriter wanted to wr...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

The grand old TV anchor-news reader was pure gold
USA Today ; ... of those years, he was the definitive local news anchor in Los Angeles television and the model for news anchors around the country-the good-looking ... hair, the stentorian baritone who read the news in an authoritative, thisis-what-happened ...
On College Basketball / In Dunphy, Owls would get a hardworking competitor.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) ; ... 215-854-4489 or mjensen@phillynews.com. Copyright (c) 2006, The Philadelphia Inquirer Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News. For information on republishing this content, contact us at (800) 661-2511 (U.S.), (213) 237-4914 (worldwide), fax (213) 237-65 ...
Reborn Dunphy to get 'right to work': Big Five coaches, former players and city basketball fixtures showed up to wish the Owls' new coach well.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) ; ... to be almost reborn again. As soon as the formal part of the news conference at the Liacouras Center ended, Dunphy turned to his ... time, Dunphy said of saying goodbye to his Quakers, who took the news in different ways, he said. The dynamics of city basketball will ...
As expected, Dunphy replaces Chaney at Temple.(basketball coaches Fran Dunphy and John Chaney)
Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) ; ... to be almost reborn again. As soon as the formal part of the news conference at the Liacouras Center ended, Dunphy turned to his ... said of saying good-bye to his Quakers players, who took the news in different ways, he said. The dynamics of city basketball will ...
DUNPHY FACES LIFE AFTER KCBS.(L.A. LIFE)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) ; ... figure out exactly what happened. KCBS news director Larry Perret declined to comment ... the station planned to shuffle its early news lineup next month and there would be no ... Dunphy - who previously fronted successful news operations at KABC (Channel 7), KNXT (now ...