Longtime Buffalo news anchor Irv Weinstein dies at 87

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Irv Weinstein, a longtime television news anchor in Buffalo, New York, known for his “rapid-fire delivery and famous alliteration” has died at the age of 87.

WKBW-TV, where Weinstein had worked for 34 years, says he died Tuesday in Costa Mesa, California, after a long battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease, also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.

The television station says Weinstein was hired by WKBW-Radio as a newscaster and news director in 1958.

Six years later, he became an anchor and news director at WKBW-TV. He retired on Dec. 31, 1998, a day that was proclaimed “Irv Weinstein Day” in Erie County.

Weinstein — who was also well known to a generation of television viewers across southern Ontario — was inducted into the Buffalo Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 1998, and the New York State Broadcasters Association in 2006.

He moved to California after his retirement.

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Information from: WKBW-TV, http://www.wkbw.com