Harold Greene, Longtime Los Angeles News Anchor at KABC, KCBS and KCAL, Dies at 82

Harold Greene, a longtime Los Angeles television news anchor with prominent roles at KABC-TV, KCBS-TV and KCAL, died earlier this week at the age of 82. His family confirmed the death in a statement on Wednesday, November 4.

The death was announced by his daughter, Courtney Greene, in a social media post and was later confirmed by KABC, Channel 7, itself. No cause of death was revealed.

Greene was born on December 1, 1943, and died on November 3, 2026, aged 82.

A Los Angeles news career from 1970 to 2008

Greene began his television journalism career in 1970 as a producer and reporter. He worked in San Diego and San Francisco, then returned to Los Angeles, where he anchored KABC evening and prime-time newscasts starting in 1982. His 18-year tenure at KABC ended when he moved to KCBS, Channel 2, and later KCAL, Channel 9, where he anchored until his retirement in 2008.

His reporting and anchoring earned Emmy Awards, Golden Mike Awards and Edward R. Murrow Awards. He was recognised with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

How the death was confirmed

The announcement came first from the family. Courtney Greene shared the news in a social media post, and the family then confirmed the death in a statement on Wednesday. KABC, the station where Greene spent his longest tenure, later confirmed the death itself in its own reporting. That sequence matters for a working anchor's audience: the word came from his daughter and his family, and it was then carried and confirmed by the station he was most closely associated with.

No cause of death was revealed in the family statement or in the station confirmation. The reports read for this article gave no further detail about the circumstances, and none is added here.

Honours across a long career

The awards attached to Greene's work span the main honours in American broadcast news. His reporting and anchoring earned Emmy Awards, which recognise television work, Golden Mike Awards, which recognise broadcast journalism in Southern California, and Edward R. Murrow Awards, which recognise electronic journalism. He was also recognised outside the newsroom, with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Greene's career covered three Los Angeles stations and nearly four decades on local television, from his start as a producer and reporter in 1970 to his retirement in 2008. Most of that time was spent at KABC, where his 18 years anchoring evening and prime-time newscasts made him a regular presence for Los Angeles viewers before his moves to KCBS and KCAL.

His daughter Courtney Greene, in her announcement as quoted by The Desk, said: "We have a feeling he's already settling into the great newsroom in the sky, no doubt with a few suggestions on how things should be run."

The family plans a memorial service after the holidays. It has invited friends, former colleagues and viewers to share photographs and memories of his life and career.