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Tom Jarriel Dies: ABC News Correspondent And Anchor Was 89


Jarriel was a longtime reporter for 20/20

Tom Jarriel, a former anchor and correspondent for ABC News who became a main stay on the newsmagazine 20/20, has died. Jarriel joined the network in 1965, covering the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and later the Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford administrations as chief White House correspondent. Geraldo Rivera, who also was a correspondent for the show, posted on X, “He was an excellent, award winning reporter and gracious colleague on 20/20, a true gentleman.”

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