"The Flying Anchorman"

I was really disheartened Friday when Hal Fishman was hospitalized, and was even more crushed to find out that he died early this morning. This was the anchorman that my little sister and I grew up watching before going to sleep. We loved his comforting, trustworthy voice (like a grandpa) and we especially loved his commentaries. We even swore that someday we would make T-shirts that say "Hal Fishman for President". Little did I know that he had such a background in poltics, starting his career as a college professor teaching about politics on the TV in the 1960s. In fact, Fishman had quite a remarkable career as a TV news anchor as I found out while watching the coverage on KTLA this morning. And he was quite the accomplished pilot, too, holding 12 offical world aviation records. There's a spot on the KTLA News Web site to leave comments or share memories about Fishman.