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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFormer WGN anchor Allison Payne dead at 57: 'She was proud of excellence'
Allison Payne, a nine-time Emmy Award winner was the face of WGN-TV for two decades.Allison Payne, a nine-time Emmy Award winner who was the face of WGN-TV for two decades and inspired a generation of Black women reporters, died Sept. 1 in her hometown of Detroit, the television station reported. She was 57.
Payne made Chicago her home in 1990 after WGN hired her when she was 25.
Allison was young, vibrant, sharp, meteorologist Tom Skilling recalled in a WGN video tribute. You looked at Alison, you thought heres a young journalist who has the world before her, and one could only speculate where that incredible career was going to go.
Payne became a reporting powerhouse for WGN, covering everything from politics to sports. Her stories took her all around the world.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/9/11/22668558/allison-payne-dies-obituary-wgn-chicago-tv-news-anchor
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Former WGN anchor Allison Payne dead at 57: 'She was proud of excellence' (Original Post)
Zorro
Sep 2021
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ProfessorGAC
(64,425 posts)1. I Liked Her
Used to see her a lot of WGN news.
Very engaging, wonderful smile, but when she was reporting serious stuff, she had gravitas.
RIP, Allison.
Blue Owl
(49,934 posts)2. A big loss...
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StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)4. You "suspect the vaccine did her in"?
Are you sure you're in the right place?
Any way, enjoy your stay.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)5. MIRT team ain't playin'