When is diana lewis retiring

She also worked in Los Angeles before making her way to Detroit in , where she has won more than journalism and community awards.

She was paired with another great Detroit anchorman, Bill Bonds. The dynamic news dual quickly became a household name and was the number one news team in Metro Detroit. She was particularly passionate about raising awareness in the Black community on the subject of organ donations via the Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program. Lewis spoke before the Michigan State Senate on the issue of organ donation laws and is the only newscaster have been invited to speak on the Senate floor.

Lewis told the Free Press that while she is signing off the air in October, Detroit has not seen the last of her. I might even learn how to tweet at home. Channel 7 has seen two other longtime personalities depart in the past two years, weatherman Jerry Hodak and sportscaster Don Shane.

Some factoids about Diana Lewis:. She has known her husband, Glenn, since nursery school. They dated in high school, when he was a basketball star and Diana was a cheerleader. She got her big break at a Philadelphia TV station when she filled in on the air for a guest who had become sick. The guest was author Maya Angelou. She once opened a can of refried beans right off the shelf and showed on camera that it was loaded with prickly burrs.

She provided emotional and financial support to a young Vietnamese girl in Los Angeles, whom she met while covering a refugee story in the s. The girl later graduated from Stanford. Follow Us on Instagram. Some factoids about Diana Lewis: She has known her husband, Glenn, since nursery school.

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