KTVU's long time sports director Mark Ibanez shares his memories of the station's legacy anchor, Dennis Richmond, who died on Wednesday at 81.

Dennis Richmond. As the community grapples with the passing of a legendary anchorman who broke barriers in broadcast journalism, reactions pour in from local and state leaders who share their heartfelt sentiment about his death.

Dennis Richmond, a legendary anchorman whose delivery of the news became associated with Bay Area station KTVU for four decades, died Wednesday. He was 82. The station where Richmond anchored the news from 1976-2008 announced his death Wednesday. They reported that he died in Grass Valley with his wife, Deborah, by his side.

The passing of KTVU's former news anchor Dennis Richmond Wednesday has prompted reflections and condolences from prominent politicans and other community leaders who encountered Richmond during his legendary career spanning more than four decades.

Dennis Richmond, KTVU-TV anchor of 32 years, died Wednesday, two months after suffering a heart attack. He was 81 years old.

Fond remembrances poured in Wednesday for the storied KTVU journalist, who was one of the nation’s first Black major-market news anchors and worked at the station for four decades.

Longtime KTVU anchor Dennis Richmond died Wednesday, the station reported. He was 82. Richmond died in Grass Valley, Calif., with his wife by his side, friends told KTVU. Richmond became an anchor at KTVU in 1976 and held the post until his retirement in 2008, according to the station.

Former KTVU anchor Dennis Richmond, a pioneer in Bay Area journalism, has died at 81, his former station confirmed.

Dennis Richmond, one of the nation’s first Black anchors of a major market TV newscast, joined KTVU as a clerk and rose to the rank of anchor in 1976, a job he held until 2008, when he retired five days before he turned 65.