Dennis Richmond
American retired news anchor
Dennis Richmond (May 26, 1943 – February 5, 2025) was an American news anchor who spent 40 years with Oakland, California-based KTVU.
Biography
Early life
Richmond was born in Toledo, Ohio, and raised in Rossford, Ohio, a village in the Toledo area. He graduated from Rossford High School in 1961. He served in the United States Army from 1961 to 1964 with the 82nd Airborne Division. He attended Wayne State University in Detroit from 1965 to 1967. He then attended Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1969 on a scholarship which he was offered while working at KTVU.
Career
Richmond joined KTVU on April 23, 1968, as a clerk typist, and became anchor in 1976—one of the first African-Americans to become chief anchor of a major-market TV newscast. He co-anchored alongside Barbara Simpson from 1978 to 1986. Elaine Corral served as co-anchor from 1986 to 1998, followed by Leslie Griffith through 2006. His last co-anchor was Julie Haener. During his career he and his wife settled in San Ramon, California.
After forty years with KTVU—thirty-one as anchor—Richmond retired on May 26, 2008, his 65th birthday.
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