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March 19, 2006

Remembering a legend

A news legend has left us. Bill Beutel, long-time ABC News anchor, has died. Please click here for the complete ABC News story.
Bill Beutel was one of my biggest influences growing up. I remember watching Mr. Beutel nightly on WABC-TV channel 7 with my family. He really helped me to understand and respect journalism for the awesome thing that it is. He will be missed.

"If I leave a legacy and I hope I do, it's my joy in this work. There's never been a day I didn't want to come to work. My legacy, I would hope, is that younger people would find the same kind of joy in this kind of work because it is difficult, it's competitive, it's frustrating. But what we do on the tube each day, if we are giving ourselves to it, we are doing something of great value to the country, to ourselves. We do something worthwhile and with God's luck, you can be happy doing it. I was," Beutel said.

Thank you, Mr. Beutel for giving me the opportunity to find the same kind of joy in journalism that you have exhibited for so many years; I may not have discovered the passion of journalism inside of me if it were not for you.
In the timeless words of the veteran newscaster, "Good luck and be well."

Posted by Jamie on March 19, 2006 5:31 PM