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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.

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