News anchor Bill Ritter is exiting his role at WABC-TV's 6 p.m. 'News Anchor Job 'Eyewitness News' after being diagnosed with early stage Alzheimer's.
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’is stepping down from the “Eyewitness News” chair after being diagnosed with early stage Alzheimer’s. Ritter announced on Friday’s 6 p.m. newscast that it would be his last. Ritter has anchored the station’s 6 p.m. “Eyewitness News” broadcast since 2001.
“After a series of tests, my doctors have told me I have Alzheimer’s,” Ritter said during Friday’s newscast, according to WABC. “It’s ‘early stage’ Alzheimer’s, and they say the treatments I’m getting are keeping it at bay. For now. But there is no guarantee, because there’s no cure yet for Alzheimer’s.
So, unless someone finds an amazing cure, and soon, tonight will be the last newscast I anchor. ”Sydney Sweeney Told 'Euphoria' Creator Not to Cut Nude Scenes From Season 3 When He Considered Excluding Them: 'Are You Kidding?
' Ritter will continue to work at WABC/Eyewitness News, but focus on health issues, including “the rising tide of Alzheimer’s, and other similar diseases, including how it’s affecting patients and their families, how the price of treatment and the price of caring for patients is simply unaffordable and how this country might begin to change that,” he said. The anchor has been with WABC since 1998; before that he was at the Los Angeles Times, as well as L.A. stations KTTV and KCAL, and San Diego’s KNSD.
He then moved on to national, anchoring “Good Morning America Sunday” and working on “20/20. ” At WABC, Ritter was named “Eyewitness News” 11 p.m. co-anchor in 1999, and added 6 p.m. in 2001. He departed the 11 p.m. slot last year.
In announcing his diagnosis, Ritter noted that he has been active in the fight against the disease, having lost his father to Alzheimer’s in 1998.
“For decades, Bill Ritter has covered and led New Yorkers through the stories that matter most,” said WABC-TV general manager Marilu Galvez. “A defining presence at ABC7, he has done so with exceptional insight, integrity, and, most of all – heart, earning the love and respect of viewers and colleagues alike.
While he is stepping away from daily anchoring, he will continue to be an integral part of our ABC7 family, including sharing personal updates and providing resources to help others impacted by Alzheimer’s better understand the disease and the resources available to them. Bill is strong, brilliant, and resourceful, and we look forward to his continued reporting on Eyewitness News. ”‘Stop That Train’ Producers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato on Their Silly Disaster Spoof: ‘It’s Not Just Fun.
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