The Bay Area has lost a great journalist.
Longtime KTVU News reporter/commentator and writer, Bob MacKenzie, lost his long battle with cancer and died Thursday. He was 75.
The veteran worked at the Oakland Fox station for over thirty years. He won thirteen Emmys and numerous industry writing awards both for his TV and newspaper work.
Said a KTVU staffer: "One of the nicest people in the Bay Area media, and the BEST writer in the whole market. God bless him."
MacKenzie was the recipient of 13 local Emmys, a National Headliners award and numerous other professional honors.
Bob MacKenzie is survived by his wife Miyuki, his daughter Dana and her two grandchildren and his brother, Chief KTVU Photographer John MacKenzie.
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