Former WHIO-TV anchor/reporter Ken Jefferson dies

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By Breaking News Staff
March 5, 2018
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Former News Center 7 anchor Ken Jefferson has died this weekend after a brief illness, according to WVIR-TV, the most recent news station where he worked in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Ken Jefferson left WHIO-TV in 2002 after a 25-year career as an anchor/reporter.

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Jefferson was an award-winning anchor and reporter at WHIO-TV for 25 years. He left the Gem City in 2002 to explore new career opportunities in Florida.

Ken Jefferson has been at WHIO for 25 years. He came to Dayton from Evansville, Indiana, after graduating from the University of Florida. He is in the newsroom at Channel 7 getting ready for the noon news. STAFF FILE

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A native of Richmond, Virginia, Jefferson was 65 years old.

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