Former LA Reporter is Dead

Jim Nash, a former Reporter at KTLA for more than a decade before his retirement in 2014, died Wednesday night after a cancer diagnosis, according to his family.

Nash's career began 40 years ago in Denver. He had stops in Idaho, Santa Barbara, Las Vegas and Denver again, before moving to Washington D.C., where he covered the White House under presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

He was a national correspondent for the nationwide chain of Tribune television stations, including KTLA, prior to his move to Los Angeles.

Nash joined the KTLA 5 News team in in September 2000 as a general assignment reporter, covering everything from breaking news to politics and feature stories.

“Kind of an old school reporter, and I used to mimic him from time to time," recalled KTLA reporter Eric Spillman. "But I never really could because when he spoke, it sounded like he knew what he was talking about and he really did.”

He was 73.

H/T KTLA

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