“Our beloved father Warren Wilson ‘Papa’ died Friday, September 27th, 2024 in Oxnard, California,” his son, Stanley Wilson, told KTLA, where his father spent 21 years as a reporter. “His demeanor on the air as an iconic television journalist was just as authentic as he was a father, unsensational, sincere, a voice calming and eloquent.”

Warren Wilson, the former KTLA broadcast journalist who spent four decades covering some of the biggest stories in Los Angeles’ history, died Friday at his home in Oxnard, Calif. He was 90. His son Stanley announced the news in a statement to KTLA,

Warren Wilson, one of the first Black broadcast journalists in Los Angeles, has died. He was 90. The former KTLA reporter died on Friday, Wilson’s family announced in a statement shared with the outlet, where he worked for more than 20 years starting in 1984.

Legendary TV broadcaster Warren Wilson, known for smashing racial barriers and arranging for the safe surrender of 22 fugitives, died on Friday at age 90 in Oxnard.

Trusted Los Angeles broadcaster and former KTLA reporter Warren Wilson died at the age of 90 on Friday, his son Stanley Wilson said in a statement. “Our beloved father Warren Wilson ‘Papa’ died Friday,