Dennis Richmond was a chain-breaking news anchor who appeared on the KTVU Channel 2 news for four decades, being one of the very first Black anchors in a major U.

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.

Longtime Bay Area television news anchor Dennis Richmond has died at the age of 81, his former employer KTVU reported. Richmond spent his entire 40-year career with KTVU and was one of the country's first Black anchors of a major market news station.

Dennis Richmond became one of the first Black news anchors in America. He worked for KTVU for 40 years. Upon his death at the age of 81, he is remembered by his colleagues as someone who built the 10 o'clock News and made the station number 1.

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

Legendary KTVU anchorman Dennis Richmond, the quintessential newsman of four decades – an anchor still most associated with Channel 2 long after his retirement – has died.

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.

Longtime KTVU anchor Dennis Richmond died Wednesday, the station reported. He was 82. Richmond died in Grass Valley, Calif., with his wife by his side, friends told KTVU. Richmond became an anchor at KTVU in 1976 and held the post until his retirement in 2008, according to the station.

Former KTVU anchor Dennis Richmond, a pioneer in Bay Area journalism, has died at 81, his former station confirmed.