Bob Petty Journalist
Bob Petty dating history
Relationships
We have no records of past relationships for Bob Petty.
About
Bob Petty is a member of the following lists: Arizona State University alumni, American television reporters and correspondents and People from Memphis, Tennessee.
Contribute
Who is Bob Petty dating? Bob Petty partner, spouse list. Help us build our profile of Bob Petty!
Login
to add information, pictures and relationships, join in discussions and get credit for your contributions.
Details
| Birthday |
26th November, 1940
|
| Died |
18th February, 2020
|
| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius
|
| Occupation |
Journalist
|
Robert Petty (November 26, 1940 – February 18, 2020) was an American television reporter and news anchor who spent nearly his entire career at Chicago's WLS-TV, retiring after 31 years with the station in 2002. Petty was born in Memphis, Tennessee. After graduating from Arizona State University in 1970, he became a general assignment reporter at WLS in 1971, becoming one of the station's first black reporters. By the late 1970s, he was an anchor for the station's Saturday Weekend News. Petty received the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters at Governors State University in 2005 (adding a new title to his list of distinctions). This was the second Governors State degree Petty received from the university; he earned his master's degree in communications from the institution in 1979. In 1987, Petty was named as a William Benton Fellow at the University of Chicago. He was also inducted into the Hall of Fame at ASU's Cronkite School of Journalism in 2007. Petty died February 18, 2020, of lung cancer at age 79.
