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Edye Ellis, a beloved Knoxville television personality and WBIR's first African American anchor, died March 3. She was 81. Ellis joined WBIR Channel 10 in 1982, where she first covered the World's ... Edye L. Ellis was born in Chicago, Illinois on , to parents Thomas Ellis and Edythe L. Collins Ellis. Named in honor of her mother, she peacefully passed away on , at Avantara Lincoln Park in Chicago, IL.She was an only child, living with her parents and her grandparents, Charles Foster Collins and Murtle Collins, in a small frame house in the Woodlawn area of ... Ellis, who died Monday at 81, produced and co-hosted the weeknight magazine show with Ira Joe Fisher on WKRC-TV in the early 1980s. Edye Ellis known as Edye Robinson on WKRC-TV's PM ...
Edye was the stations first African-American anchor. She started working there in 1982 and was later named evening co-anchor. Former WBIR anchor Beth Haynes remembered Ellis in an Instagram post. We're sad to announce that former WBIR anchor Edye Ellis died this morning. She was our beloved friend, coworker and a truly straight from the heart pioneer of East Tennessee media: "Heaven will be a... Edye L. Ellis was born in Chicago, Illinois on , to parents Thomas Ellis and Edythe L. Collins Ellis. Named in honor of her mother,... Edye Ellis known as Edye Robinson on WKRC-TV's PM Magazine in the early 1980s was remembered by co-host Ira Joe Fisher as "magnetic on the air." Ellis, who died Monday at 81, was fun, funny and serious, says Fisher, who co-hosted the hybrid local-syndicated PM Magazine show with Ellis. Ellis came to WBIR from a television station in Cincinnati to help with our coverage of the 1982 World's Fair and quickly became a beloved feature. Bill Williams, who anchored with Ellis in the 1980s and 90s, shared a memory of their time together at Channel 10. My friend and longtime co-anchor Edye Ellis (died) following a prolonged illness.
Ellis came to WBIR from a television station in Cincinnati to help with our coverage of the 1982 World's Fair and quickly became a beloved feature. Bill Williams, who anchored with Ellis in the 1980s and 90s, shared a memory of their time together at Channel 10. My friend and longtime co-anchor Edye Ellis (died) following a prolonged illness.
