Veteran Atlanta News Anchor Amanda Davis Dead at 62

Veteran Atlanta News Anchor Amanda Davis Dead at 62
An ambulance in a file photograph. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)
Jack Phillips
12/28/2017
Updated:
12/28/2017

A local Atlanta television news anchor died Wednesday, Dec. 27, after suffering a massive stroke while she was at the airport.

Amanda Davis, 62, died at around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday after she had a stroke at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Tuesday, CBS46 reported. She was on her way to Texas after the death of her stepfather.

Davis had worked at CBS46 after moving there from WAGA-TV. “Her family is asking for privacy at this difficult time,” CBS 46 wrote online. “Amanda’s friends and colleagues at CBS 46 are praying for her family.”

Other details about her death are not clear.

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Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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