Longtime WGN Anchor Has Died
For over 2 decades, Allison Payne could be seen anchoring the news at WGN in Chicago.
Payne was hired in 1990 as a 25-year-old out of Saginaw, Michigan. She spent the next 2 decades giving the people of Chicago the news of the day.
Payne dealt with a number of health issues over the years and sadly, word has come down that she has died at just 57-years-old.
She signed off from WGN a decade ago and returned to her hometown of Detroit.
Her passing started trending on Twitter as many remembered the Chicago Anchor and all she accomplished.