Ernie Anastos, the Emmy-winning anchor who became one of New York’s most recognizable local news figures has died at 82.

Former Emmy-winning news anchor Ernie Anastos has died at the age of 82, according to a report by WABC7. Anastos was a ...

Ernie Anastos spent 11 years as an anchor at Eyewitness News beginning in the late '70s before he left in 1989.

Longtime New York City news anchor Ernie Anastos has died, according to a representative. He was 82 years old. Anastos ...

He worked at WABC's Eyewitness News for 11 years and Fox’s WNYW for another 14 and had two stints at WCBS in between.

Ernie Anastos, the famed news anchor from New York City who spent nearly one and a half decades with Fox’s WNYW, died on Thursday, March 12, 2026. In his decades-long career, Anastos was highly ...

Emmy-winning journalist and former WABC news anchor Ernie Anastos has died at 82 after decades of bringing news to the people of New York City.

A television journalist for four decades with 30 Emmy Awards, Mr. Anastos especially enjoyed delivering good news.

The legacy of Ernie Anastos, New York's iconic TV anchor, who passed away at 82, how his Emmy Awards impacted journalism ...

Ernie Anastos, a TV news presence in New York for more than 40 years who worked at network affiliates WABC, WCBS and WNYW and ...

"He was a terrific newsman—compassionate and fair," Scotto told Page Six in an exclusive statement Thursday.

The TV journalist, whose career spanned four decades and earned him more than 30 Emmys, died of pneumonia.