“Her legacy of kindness, commitment to her craft, and reaching back to help the next generation will live on.” Longtime Atlanta news anchor Jovita Moore has died after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. She was 54.
ATLANTA — Longtime Atlanta news anchor Jovita Moore has died after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. She was 54.
“After a nearly 7-month battle with an extremely aggressive form of brain cancer, our colleague and friend Jovita Moore has passed away,” Moore’s co-anchor Justin Farmer said in a video posted on the station’s website. “She passed last night, as she wanted, with her family by her side. She passed peacefully.”
“I was really concerned about why all of a sudden I was forgetful, disoriented and just not feeling myself. Feeling like I was in a fog and really wanting to get out of that fog,”An MRI revealed two small masses in her brain and she underwent surgery to remove the tumors just days later. In July, she asked WSB to share with viewers that she had been.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms called her a “wonderful mother, daughter, and dear friend to many.”
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