Longtime Bay Area television news anchor Dennis Richmond has died at the age of 81, his former employer KTVU reported. Richmond spent his entire 40-year career with KTVU and was one of the country's first Black anchors of a major market news station.

Dennis Richmond, KTVU-TV anchor of 32 years, died Wednesday in Grass Valley, California. He was 81 years old. Richmond, known for his prominent mustache and perpetually calm demeanor, was an anchor at the station from 1976 to 2008.

Dennis Richmond, a legendary anchorman whose delivery of the news became associated with Bay Area station KTVU for four decades, died Wednesday. He was 82. The station where Richmond anchored the news from 1976-2008 announced his death Wednesday.