Veteran reporter Tony Valdez, who covered Los Angeles for more than 30 years for the Fox 11 television station, has died at 78.
His son confirmed the death and said his father had been battling end-stage kidney failure before dying at home on Friday morning.
Valdez was one of the few Latino TV reporters when he started his career in 1981. He worked until retiring from Fox in 2016.
He was the host of Midday Sunday and coanchored weekends with Christine Devine in the 1990s. He was also the host of the crime series LA’s Most Wanted.
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