Donna Britt (news anchor)
Donna Britt (July 10, 1958 – January 21, 2021) was a longtime television news anchor at WAFB in Baton Rouge. She co-anchored the station's top rated 6 PM and 10 PM news broadcasts.
As a student, she had been working for WYNK radio, and so in 1981 she decided to get a temporary job with WAFB, the local CBS affiliate. She quickly moved from weekend reporter to full-time reporter to host of morning news shows to prime time, where she anchored 9 News.[1]
Britt was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in 2017, and retired the following year. She died at her home on January 21, 2021, at age 62.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ WAFB Profile Page Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved May 3, 2010
- ^ "Longtime WAFB anchor Donna Britt dies following battle with ALS". KATC. January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
- ^ Morris, George (January 21, 2021). "Donna Britt, longtime WAFB news anchor, dies after battle with ALS". The Advocate. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
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