Jim Hartz, the veteran TV personality and reporter who co-hosted the Today show with Barbara Walters in the mid-1970s, has died. He was 82. According to Deadline, Hartz passed away on April 17 in Fairfax County, Virginia. His wife, Alexandra Dickson Hartz, confirmed the news, revealing that her husband had been suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Born on February 3, 1940, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Hartz started his career as a reporter for Kotv in Tulsa in 1962 before being promoted to news director in 1964. At 24-years-old, he joined the NBC-owned Wnbc-tv in New York, becoming the youngest correspondent that NBC had ever hired. There, he served as anchor of the 6 Pm and 11 Pm nightly newscasts. In 1974, Hartz was promoted to the Today show, replacing Frank McGee, who died at 58. He would bring a low-key vibe to the show, which played off Walters’ more high-energy presenting style. During his two-year stint at Today,...
- 4/25/2022
- TV Insider
Jim Hartz, who hosted the Today show with Barbara Walters in the mid-1970s, died April 17 in Fairfax County, Va. He was 82 and passed from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to his wife, Alexandra Dickson Hartz.
Hartz was in mid-career when he joined Today, deploying a low-key style that was the low-key foil to the energy put out by Walters. He was 34 and succeeded Frank McGee, who died at 58. Hartz was a reporter for Wnbc covering local stories when he got the nod.
He joined Today and covered President Richard M. Nixon’s resignation, the end of the Vietnam War, and the American Bicentennial during his two years as a part of the morning show.
Hartz was born on Feb. 3, 1940, in Tulsa, Okla., the fifth child of Rev. Marvin Dillard Hartz, an Assembly of God minister, and Helen Elvira (Potter) Hartz.
After college, he was hired as a reporter for...
Hartz was in mid-career when he joined Today, deploying a low-key style that was the low-key foil to the energy put out by Walters. He was 34 and succeeded Frank McGee, who died at 58. Hartz was a reporter for Wnbc covering local stories when he got the nod.
He joined Today and covered President Richard M. Nixon’s resignation, the end of the Vietnam War, and the American Bicentennial during his two years as a part of the morning show.
Hartz was born on Feb. 3, 1940, in Tulsa, Okla., the fifth child of Rev. Marvin Dillard Hartz, an Assembly of God minister, and Helen Elvira (Potter) Hartz.
After college, he was hired as a reporter for...
- 4/24/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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