A wonderful man, and friend of Chris & his family lost his battle with cancer last weekend. Here is the dedication that was posted on Channel 6's website, where he worked as News Director. May God grant eternal life to John!
"Channel 6 News Director Loses Cancer
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Longtime Channel 6 News Director, John Clark, lost a long battle with cancer this weekend. John was just two weeks away from his 59th birthday.
John dedicated his entire broadcast career to . He started as a reporter at KMTV, but in 1980 moved to WOWT.
Working at Channel 6 first as a reporter, John became Assistant News Director and Assignments Editor in 1984. In 1991, upon the retirement of Steve Murphy, John became News Director.
John Clark was a journalist and a professional. He expected no less from the rest of us.
While it has been many years since John has been seen regularly on TV, you see his impact in every Channel 6 newscast which airs today.
As News Director it astonished him that viewers in some surveys are asked if accuracy matters. John believed that if we are not accurate we are nothing. If he said it once, he said it a thousand times; he'd rather be last and accurate than first and wrong.
John was always mindful that many of the stories we do touch people in very personal and sometimes painful ways. He always urged care and caution in those situations.
John took great pride in leading a news organization that is able to step up and cover major stories whenever they happen.
He was especially proud of the many national and regional awards won by Channel 6 during his tenure, but he most valued the trust that viewers placed in our newscasts night after night, year after year.
While always a professional broadcaster, John Clark was also a family man. He was husband to Joyce, father to Justin and Jeff and proud grandfather to five energetic grandsons.
Our thoughts and prayers are with his family who will miss him deeply. His Channel 6 family will miss him as well.
Our industry and our community have lost a strong, honest leader.
VISITATION will be held on Tuesday from with a Wake Service beginning at at St. John Vianney Catholic Church.
FUNERAL will be Thursday at a.m. at St. John Vianney.
St. John Vianney Catholic Church
5801 Oak Hills Drive"
http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/8272247.html
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