WXYZ: TV talent. Co-host with Marilyn Turner of Kelly and Company and Good Afternoon Detroit.
John Kelly died, September 18, 2016. He was 88 years old. WXYZ.com
Funeral Arrangements PDF (The Detroit News)
@wxyzdetroit my heart goes out to the #WXYZfamily over the passing of #JohnKelly. I grew up #girlfromthehood watching #Channel7 and John. 🙇🙏
— Jennifer V. Aiken (@LadyJ5569) September 18, 2016
References:
- Pintrest
- The Detroit News, September 23, 2016 (PDF) – Funeral Arrangements
- The Detroit News, September 19, 2016 (PDF) – Family: Former TV anchor Kelly’s life a ‘celebration’
- Detroit Free Press, September 18, 2016 – John Kelly, former Detroit TV anchor, talk host , dead at 88
- WXYZ.com – Report of Death
- WXYZ.com The Best of Kelly * Company
- Detroit Historical Society
- A Great News Team – Circa 1980s at WXYZ
- Good Bye Lois
- Behind The Scene of WXYZ’s Kelly and Company
WXYZ: This newspaper article gives a glimpse of what it was like to be behind the scenes of Kelly & Company.
John Kelly, Marilyn Turner, Nancy Lenzen, Dianne Atkinson Hudson, Randy Barone, Howard Makkonen, Calvin Houts, Lisa Klein, Chuck Derry, Mason Weaver
Eddie DorfmanReferences:
- Canton Observer – August 23, 1979 (PDF)
- Good Afternoon Detroit Second Anniversary Show – 1984
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John Kelly, Marilyn Turner, Jim Ochs, Jeanne Findlater, Jim Johnson, Sylvia Glover, Colleen Burcar, Dayna Eubanks
- GAD – Good Afternoon Detroit Anniversary Show 1984
Help us name the people we are missing from the caption.
Back Row: Dex Sieger, Chris Stepien, Pete, Jim Ochs, ?????, Junie Bond, Tom Cleeves, Randy Silverman, Harriet Rotter, Jillayne Pautsch, Gene Taylor, ?????, Synka Curtis, John Kelly, Glenn Pearson, Gail Parker, Shirley Eder, Geoff Brock, Doug Kole, Bob Dear, Sioux DeOrlow Goodman, Tom McKinnon, Yanni
Middle Row: Cathy Alfafara, Jackie (Astrologer), Angela Addison, Nate Penn, ?????, Laurie Leinonen, Cheryl Ross, Suzanne Timma, Don Carter, Claire Carmichael, Marilyn Turner, Barbara Koster, Keith Booth, Kathy Linwood, Lisa Fisco, Colleen Burcar, Debbie Avery Canter, Lynda Hirsch, ?????, TJ Elliot
Front Row: Dayna Eubanks, Jim Johnson, Al Segar, Sid Day, Tony Tillman, Dave Riley, Vic Hill, Del Warner
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