Former NBC News anchor, correspondent Lloyd Dobyns Jr. dies (remember him?}

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/former-nbc-news-anchor-correspondent-lloyd-dobyns-jr-dies/ar-AANHNJK?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

Lloyd Dobyns Jr., an award-winning NBC News correspondent who reported from places around the world and who anchored an innovative U.S. television newscast in the early 1980s, has died, his family said. He was 85.


Ken Dobyns said in a statement that his father died Sunday in Mebane, North Carolina, northwest of Raleigh. He said his father suffered complications from a series of strokes.

[spanone]

1. RIP Mr Dobyns

[Polly Hennessey]

2. I do remember him. He was a reporter when

reporters actually reported.

[Journeyman]

3. Greatly admired Dobyns & Linda Ellerbee when they hosted "NBC News Overnight" in the early '80s. . .

one of the finest newscasts I've ever seen.

[Demovictory9]

4. Linda Ellerbee..a name.from the past

[Laura PourMeADrink]

7. Linda Eberlee....:( You are SO right. nt

[Demovictory9]

9. Linda ellerbee

[PSPS]

5. Wow! I remember "Weekend"

[Demovictory9]

8. The font. The leisure suit. The commercial referring to "mentally retarded children"

[Eugene]

6. I remember him from many, many overnights

as well as Monitor.

Wow, that was a long time ago.

[Raine]

10. I always liked him and remember him from Weekend

sad news ... R-I-P

[area51]

11. RIP