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Article: Hal Fishman, legend in local news, dies at 75

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In an industry where many are content to read a teleprompter beneath immaculately blow-dried hair, KTLA's Hal Fishman was the rare TV-news anchorman who exuded intelligence and a thorough grasp of the stories he covered.

Fishman died early Tuesday, just days after being diagnosed with colon cancer, and a week after KTLA honored him with a Guinness World Records certificate citing him as the longest-running anchorman in the history of TV news. He was 75.

"You could tell with Hal that he really knew what he was talking about," said veteran anchor Paul Moyer of rival NBC4, adding that Fishman's breadth of knowledge and ability to contextualize stories were rare commodities among today's news ...

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