Longtime ABC7 reporter Bob Petty, one of first black reporters on Chicago TV, passes away at 79

Wednesday, February 19, 2020
CHICAGO (WLS) -- We are remembering a longtime member of the Eyewitness News family.

Reporter and anchor Bob Petty passed away Tuesday from lung cancer. He was 79.
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Bob started reporting here back in 1971 and retired 32 years later in 2002.

He was one of the first black reporters on Chicago television.
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