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Watch Video: Kent Dana might have been a bricklayer if he weren't a journalist Kent Dana 'never laughed at my dreams,' Sean McLaughlin says As a co-anchor he was sharing and very supportive.

That transcended his personal life and went into the way he did his job. “That was because he was genuinely sweet and kind. “There’s a reason he was the most beloved anchor of his time,” Lin Sue Flood, who worked with Dana at 12 News, said.

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'I trusted Kent Dana's news': Fans, friends share memories of Phoenix TV anchor Then Dana worked at KPNX (12 News) and later Channel 5 (part of the Arizona’s Family stations). Kent Dana started working at KSAZ, now Fox 10, for Bill Close, “the dean of broadcasters in those days,” Dana said in a 2019 profile in The Arizona Republic. Kent Dana's father Joe was a radio and TV personality from the 1930s to the 1950s. It was more meaningful for him because it was his home.' 'I think he always felt like local TV news was a very unique way to connect the community, to bring people together. 'I just think his story is a fascinating Arizona story,' said Joe Dana, a reporter for 12 News. He died Tuesday, April 19. He developed an infection after breaking his hip in January, according to his son Joe, and his condition deteriorated after several weeks in the hospital. Longtime Phoenix news anchor Kent Dana has died.ĭana, one of the most popular anchors in Phoenix news history, was 80. View Gallery: Kent Dana, Phoenix TV news anchor, through the years: Photos