Mort Crim
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Mort Crim is an author and former broadcast journalist. Crim was born July 31, 1935. Crim retired from anchoring TV newscasts at WDIV-TV Detroit in 1996. He also anchored at WHAS-TV in Louisville, KYW-TV in Philadelphia and WBBM-TV in Chicago. Crim was considered to be a top candidate by former ABC News president Roone Arledge to be a co-anchor for ABC's World News Tonight newscast in 1978. In 1984 he hosted a technology program on PBS, New Tech Times. Crim is also a founder of a Detroit area video-production company, Mort Crim Communications, Inc. Crim is currently working for Majic Windows Company in Michigan,and has been featured in television commercials for that company.
In addition to his anchoring duties, Mort Crim also has four syndicated editorial and news features for radio: One Moment Please (originally a television feature), News You'll Care About (a five-minute news summary), Second Thoughts and American Spirit. He was also previously a substitute anchor for Paul Harvey's daily radio programs.
Crim contributed an intro monologue to The White Stripes' song "Little Acorns," off their 2003 album Elephant.
Crim read the eulogy at news colleague Jessica Savitch's memorial Service.
Crim has had colon cancer. [1]
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Doug Fraser's graphic novel Mort Grim was likely named after Mort Crim.[citation needed]
