Legendary San Francisco Bay Area TV news anchor Dennis Richmond passed away on Wednesday, February 5, 2025. According to KTVU, the station where Richmond worked for decades, he was accompanied by his wife,

Dennis Richmond, a beloved Bay Area newsman died Wednesday, KTVU reports. A rarity in the business, he stayed at one station for his entire career.

Dennis Richmond, a legendary anchorman whose delivery of the news became associated with Bay Area station KTVU for four decades, died Wednesday. He was 81. The station where Richmond anchored the news from 1976-2008 announced his death Wednesday. They reported that he died in Grass Valley with his wife, Deborah, by his side.

Dennis Richmond, KTVU-TV anchor of 32 years, died Wednesday, two months after suffering a heart attack. He was 81 years old.

Fond remembrances poured in Wednesday for the storied KTVU journalist, who was one of the nation’s first Black major-market news anchors and worked at the station for four decades.