David Michaels, who served as an anchor for many years in Atlanta, has away at the age of 88. He spent a combined 11 years working for the television networks 11Alive (1974–1985), WAGA, CNN, WABC in New York City, and KABC in Los Angeles. In this capacity, he was also known as “Mr. Pix,” the host of a show for children that was quite popular. Let’s look at what happened to him and the circumstances surrounding Dave Michaels’ passing in this post.
What really took place with David Michaels?
11Alive’s Longtime Beloved Anchor David Michaels died. On Friday, his widow confirmed to 11Alive that her husband had passed away on February 1. He worked as an anchor for WXIA from the years 1976 through 1985.
Dave Michaels, a veteran news anchor who worked for 11Alive, CNN, and several other networks, passed away earlier this month at the age of 88.
The fatal illness that David Michaels had.
After a long and courageous fight against congestive heart failure and Alzheimer’s disease, he passed away on February 1, according to the information provided by his wife Ann to 11Alive on Friday. According to what she said, he died away at home while he was getting hospice care.
Source: 11Alive
Michaels worked as an anchor for WXIA from the years 1976 to 1985. According to a broadcast tribute from his final day at 11Alive, one of his most notable accomplishments at the station was anchoring live coverage for a continuous period of twelve hours in 1977 during an incident in which a plane was hijacked at Atlanta’s airport.
Who was David Michaels?
Michaels was born on November 15th, 1934 in the city of Flushing, in the state of New York. At the beginning of his career, he spent several years in New York City working in radio. While working as a page at NBC, he became interested in the news business.
In the early 1960s, he decided to pursue a career in television journalism and relocated to Atlanta to begin working for WAGA-TV. Throughout his career, he worked in a number of the most important marketplaces in the country.
After hosting the morning show AM New York on WABC in New York City, Michaels left Atlanta in 1974 and moved to KABC in Los Angeles. At the time, AM New York was broadcast on WABC.
When some time had passed, Alive welcomed him back to the city of Atlanta. After leaving WXIA in the middle of 1985 to work for Headline News, Michaels eventually found a home at CNN in 1989.
According to his own website, the most memorable event he had at that period was when in 1989 he cut off an interview to broadcast the breaking news that the Berlin Wall had fallen.
1995, he was inducted into the Silver Circle of the Southeast Chapter of the American Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. During his career, he appeared in a variety of different roles. His surviving family members include his wife Ann, son Michael, and daughter Kathy.
