Noted KTVU anchor Dennis Richmond has passed away at the age of 81. Over his four-decade career, he became a trusted voice in Bay Area journalism, earning respect for his integrity and unwavering professionalism.

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.

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.