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.
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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