Former 'Today' show 星/主役にする Jim Hartz who co-hosted with Barbara Walters in the 1970s dies 老年の 82

  • Jim Hartz, 82, died on April 17, 2022, of chronic obstructive pulmonary 病気
  • Hartz hosted the Today show with Barbara Walters in the 中央の-1970s?
  • While at 'Today,' he covered 大統領 Nixon's 辞職, the end of the Vietnam War, and the American Bicentennial?
  • Hartz is 生き残るd by his wife, 2 daughters, 6 grandchildren and 6 広大な/多数の/重要な-grandchildren.?A son, John Mitchell Hartz, died in 2015

Jim Hartz, a 'folksy 記者' who hosted the Today show with Barbara Walters in the 1970s, has died in Fairfax 郡, Virginia. He was 82.

Hartz died on April 17 from chronic obstructive pulmonary 病気, によれば his wife, Alexandra Dickson Hartz, as 報告(する)/憶測d by 最終期限 on Sunday.?

When the former WNBC? 錨,総合司会者 Hartz joined the Today show in 1974 at the age of 34, he 後継するd Frank McGee, who had died months earlier at age 58.?

His stint at Today lasted only two years, but Hartz covered big time stories, 含むing 大統領 Richard M. Nixon's 辞職, the end of the Vietnam War and the American Bicentennial.?

Jim Hartz, a 'folksy newsman' (pictured here in 1976) who hosted the Today show with Barbara Walters in the 1970s, died April 17, 2022, in Fairfax County, Virginia. He was 82

Jim Hartz, a 'folksy 記者' (pictured here in 1976) who hosted the Today show with Barbara Walters in the 1970s, died April 17, 2022, in Fairfax 郡, Virginia. He was 82

Pictured: (l-r) Co-anchor Barbara Walters and co-anchor Jim Hartz in the 1970s

Pictured: (l-r) Co-錨,総合司会者 Barbara Walters and co-錨,総合司会者 Jim Hartz in the 1970s?

Hartz died from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to his wife, Alexandra Dickson Hartz, as reported by Deadline on Sunday

Hartz died from chronic obstructive pulmonary 病気, によれば his wife, Alexandra Dickson Hartz, as 報告(する)/憶測d by 最終期限 on Sunday

When Walters left in 1976 to become ABC's evening news co-錨,総合司会者, Jane Pauley was brought on board. Her low-重要な style matched Hartz' 類似の style so a 決定/判定勝ち(する) was made to bring in Tom Brokaw for balance, 最終期限 報告(する)/憶測d.?

Hartz moved on to 錨,総合司会者ing??at WRC, the NBC (v)提携させる(n)支部,加入者 in Washington and later working at PBS, co-hosting 'Over 平易な,' a celebrity talk show, with actress Mary ツバメ, and '革新,' a 週刊誌 science show.

Hartz covered several space 使節団s throughout his career, 解任するing?the first time he saw a Saturn ロケット/急騰する 解除するing off at Cape Kennedy on an Apollo 使節団, he said, 'I was just not 用意が出来ている for that 36-story building walking 権利 off the 壇・綱領・公約 into the 空気/公表する.'?

At a 20th-周年記念日 祝祭 for the Apollo 11 事業/計画(する) in Houston, he 述べるd the 1969 moon 上陸 in lofty 条件, the New York Times 報告(する)/憶測d, calling it 'the grandest thing we could think to do' at the time and 称讃するing 'what man can do with a singleness of mind and a 明確に defined goal.'

Hartz was born on February 3, 1940, in Tulsa, Ok lahoma to Rev. Marvin Dillard Hartz, an 議会 of God 大臣, and Helen Elvira (Potter) Hartz. He was their fifth child.?

While still in college, Hartz married Norma Tandy and they had three children. A year after their 1979 離婚, he married Alexandra Dickson from Alexandria, Va.?

He's 生き残るd by his wife, Alexandra Dickson, two daughters, Jana Hartz Maher and Nancy Hartz Cole, six grandchildren and six 広大な/多数の/重要な-grandchildren. A son, John Mitchell Hartz, died in 2015.?

Jim Hartz attends the 'TODAY' Show 60th anniversary celebration at? The Edison Ballroom on January 12, 2012 in New York City

Jim Hartz …に出席するs the 'TODAY' Show 60th 周年記念日 祝賀 at? The Edison Ballroom on January 12, 2012 in New York City

Barbara Walters and Jim Hartz reunite during the 'Today' show's 60th anniversary

Barbara Walters and Jim Hartz 再会させる during the 'Today' show's 60th 周年記念日

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