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

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.

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.