WILLIAM KURTIS - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 174088

WILLIAM HORTON KURTIS
Signed b/w photo of Kurtis in sitting on a stool in a newsroom with papers in his hand and speaking into a camera
Inscribed photograph signed "Eddie,/Best/wishes,/Bill/Kurtis" in blue ink. B/w, 8x10 overall, 7¼x9¼ image, one surface. Kurtis, born William Kuretich in Pensacola, Florida in 1940, is a television reporter, producer and news anchor. He's currently the host of numerous A&E documentary series, Investigative Reports and American Justice, and has shared two Emmy nominations for hosting A&E's Cold Case Files in 2004 and 2005. Kurtis passed the bar in 1966 from Washburn University School of Law but went into journalism instead. He started his TV career as a full-time anchor at WIBW in Topkea, Kansas and, on June 6, 1966, stayed on the air 24 hours to cover the destruction from the Topeka Tornado of 1966, one of the worst tornadoes in Kansas history. His warning - "For God's sake, take cover" - became linked with this tornado. He moved that year to WBBM in Chicago, Illinois as a reporter and then anchorman, to New York in 1982 to anchor The CBS Morning News for three years, before returning to WBBM, where he remained as an anchor until 1996. He joined A&E in 1997. Will Ferrell fans may recognize his voice as that of the narrator in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004). Lightly creased. Unknown impressions near top edge (not visible head on). Otherwise in fine condition.