EDGAR "ED" TURNEY of KSBW, WMAL and WJLA dead at 83

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https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/w...spx?fhid=9956&n=edgar-turney-ed&pid=194830642

He was stationed at Fort Ord, CA for most of his service, doing a radio show for the troops and working in the Broadcast Specialist Office. He also worked part time at station KSBW Radio and TV in Salinas, CA, doing a radio show, TV commercials, and serving as a TV news reporter. In 1963 he became part of the TV News Department of WMAL Radio and TV, which later became WJLA-TV 7 in Washington, DC. Throughout his career he covered stories ranging from the unlikely friendship of a dog and a duck, to the funeral of a U.S. President. His unique, immersive reporting style led to him portraying a clown in the Barnum and Bailey Circus, being held captive in Belfast, Ireland, and everything in between. He will be remembered for his series profiling a young Mississippi boy named Jonathan Lollar, as well as his coverage of the Goofy Games in Walt Disney World. He is credited as the first Washington, DC reporter to introduce and popularize the idea of human interest stories on local TV news.

One of Washington D.C. TV legends dead at 83.