Bobbie Battista has died today at the age of 67 after a four-year battle with cancer. Her death was confirmed by CNN executive producer David Gelles, who tweeted: "Former CNN anchor Bobbie Battista has passed away at the age of 67, after a four year battle with cervical cancer. "Battista was one of the original CNN Headline News anchors when the network launched in 1981.
She anchored several news programs on CNN including 'TalkBack Live'." Bobbie was a beloved part of the TV network, serving as an anchor for various programmes over her 20-year stint there.
She was the face of huge breaking news stories, including the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986 and the September 11th terror attacks in New
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