OT: NYC TV News Legend Final Send Off

[bac2therac]

The eternal and everlasting Kaity Tong will sign off for the final time tonight at the end of her 10PM news broadcast on WPIX Channel after 45 years in the NY market. She crashed the party alongside Bill Beutel in 1981 on ABC Channel 7. She has been on WPIX since 1992.

 

[ScarletR97*]

79 years young having survived a ruptured colon in 2018 and stage one lung cancer in 2023. She's one strong lady! God bless for a happy and healthy retirement.

 

[Knight Shift]

She is also 77th generation descendant of the Chinese philosopher Confucius.

 

[newell138]

I guess that frees up her calendar for the game Thursday