Former ABC News anchor and reporter Tom Jarriel dies at 89: Buzz

Former ABC News anchor Tom Jarriel has died at the age of 89, his family announced Thursday. No cause of death was announced.

Jarriel, a Louisiana native who began his television career as a reporter at KPRC in Houston in 1958, joined ABC News in 1965 and quickly gained national attention while covering the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., according to a source skip. In 1969, he became chief White House correspondent and covered the affairs of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, including during the Watergate scandal.

In 1979, Jarriel became anchor of ABC’s “Weekend Report” and joined the primetime news magazine “20/20” as an investigative correspondent. He won six Emmys over more than 20 years on “20/20,” covering topics such as children suffering in Romanian orphanages and female military members who were allegedly victims of rape and sexual abuse.

Jarriel retired in 2002. He comes from Syracuse David Muirwho currently hosts “World News Tonight” on ABC and co-anchors “20/20,” called Jarriel “a mentor and role model to many at ABC” during tribute on air Thursday.

“We respect the depth and breadth of Jarriel’s 38 years at ABC. We celebrate his sense of justice, integrity, but most of all, his humanity,” ABC News said in a statement. “On and off the air, Jarriel embodied the best of everyone at ABC News.”

Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Joan, and three sons.

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