Stan Chambers Passed Away

[Lhalo]

91 years old. The guy was at channel 5 for FOREVER.

 

http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-stan-chambers-20150213-story.html#page=1

 

[mtangelsfan]

Oh man, that guy was there for such a long time.  Very trusted news man in Los Angeles.

 

Sad news but a great and long life to be celebrated.

[Chuck]

Loved that guy.

 

R.I.P.

[mp170.6]

I loved watching him and Hal Fishman on the KTLA news. 

 

Two guys that really cared about doing a good job. 

[fan_since79]

A great reporter, and by all accounts a great guy.

 

R.I.P.

[Blarg]

I posted it a while ago but Stan Chambers was the first on the spot live news reporter in Television history when he covered the story of a young girl who fell down a well in 1949. In 1952 he did a live report of an atomic bomb test. If there was a big story, Stan Chambers was there, from the Bel Air fires to the Rodney King beating.

 

Late in his career KTLA sent him on a lot of silly remotes like a Tsunami watch on the edge of the Santa Monica pier. If there had been a real chance of a Tsunami the beachside would have been evacuated but sensationalism demanded Stan stand out there and report mild surf conditions.  

 

For 63 years he was a reporter for KTLA, making him the longest tenured on air reporter in Los Angeles history and never once did he claim his helicopter was hit by an RPG.

[Tank]

Was at the beach once while he was there doing a story. He was wearing a full suit and dress shoes while tramping through the sand. Very nice guy in person, and always warm and sincere on the air.

My FIL looks a lot like him.

[Redondo]

RIP Stan

[Blarg]

Was at the beach once while he was there doing a story. He was wearing a full suit and dress shoes while tramping through the sand. Very nice guy in person, and always warm and sincere on the air.

My FIL looks a lot like him.

He looks like a 91 year old corpse?