Uma Pemmaraju, one of many unique Fox News anchors, has died on the age of 64.
Pemmaraju was one of many on-air hosts when Fox News first launched in 1996. Her demise was introduced by the community on Tuesday (9 August.)
“We are deeply saddened by the death of Uma Pemmaraju, who was one of FOX News Channel’s founding anchors and was on the air the day we launched,” Suzanne Scott, the CEO of Fox News Media, mentioned in a press release.
“Uma was an incredibly talented journalist as well as a warm and lovely person, best known for her kindness to everyone she worked with. We extend our heartfelt condolences to her entire family.”
A explanation for demise was not instantly introduced.
Born in India in 1958, Pemmaraju was raised in Texas, the place she started her TV profession. She additionally labored at native stations in Baltimore, Maryland, and Boston, Massachusetts (the place she was an anchor at WBZ-TV), earlier than relocating to New York, the place Fox News relies.
At Fox News, Pemmaraju hosted exhibits corresponding to Fox News Now and Fox On Trends. According to the community, she left for a time, then returned as an anchor in 2003. Pemmaraju additionally labored at Bloomberg News, as famous by CBS News Boston.
WBZ-TV anchor David Wade said on Twitter that Pemmaraju’s household had described her to him as a “noble soul and pioneer”.
Pemmaraju informed The Boston Globe in 1993 of her journalism profession: “I’m a conduit to help other people. I don’t want to sound too sentimental. But that’s what I’m about. I want to use my celebrity to help people, to help bring about something that needs to be done.”
Source: www.impartial.co.uk