jessica savitch

Jessica Savitch's apparently last-known TV appearance before she drowned. (1983). The whole video without the "Road Ode" bug and with a Sealy mattress ad that has a (C) date of 1982, but this is from October 1983.

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News & Politics

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• NBC
• News
• Digest
• Jessica
• Savitch
• 1983

[kwvtads]

It's all from the same tape as was found when I found it, so I didn't get the 9:59 broadcast, I think it was replaced, at least in Portland Oregon, with a local news update.

[kwvtads]

@licentia1963 - I don't know why this wouldn't be it, it's on a tape marked "Johnny Carson 21st anniversary" which is from 1983.

[whatanightmare1]

@DancingSpiderman You are right! Jessica was one in a million. She was put through a lot of hell by jealous, vindictive colleagues..she always had to be on her guard, they were tough on her. It's no wonder she had a little "come apart". Not to mention she found her husband dead from suicide. Found him hanging in the basement, and miscarried their child. She had a rough life, and her only peace came in death.

[helikestv]

@srando761 Indeed, that looks more like a 56 year old woman than a 36 year old.

[MrCraigblaze]

She did alright.Didn't she?

[whatanightmare1]

@MrFungud Uhmmm...it was simply a figure of speech. Death does bring peace from the world and it's idiots...I mean, iffin I was dead, I wouldn't be sittin' here typin' to yo ass, now would I? Thanks, k, bye!

[MrFungud]

@whatanightmare1 Actually, from what I've read, her death was anything but peaceful. Maybe you meant, in the afterlife. Which is ridiculous as there's no such thing.

[level2789]

The Earth rotation graphic at the beginning is backwards! It shows the sun setting to the east.

[rdmb57]

Sealy? Really!

[KickDownDoors]

@JesseL85719 - She read from a teleprompter. Just like your Kenyan President. That's not journalism.

[THEJET52]

Amazing, utterly, she really tries amid the slurring to continue using her famous inflections.

hahnd guHN... and it actually works. At the time you would be listening to it saying to yourself, did I just hear her slur? O wait, no she's okay except now what was that sound she just made? O no no she's okay, she ended it perfectly, see?

[JEFFFAIRCHILD]

I remember her. I was 12 years old when she died. I'll never forget that a few days before she died watching her on the television, I heard this voice inside my head that said " She will die in car wreck in a few days, her car will be in a ditch". ) I turned the television off and thought I lost my mind, a few days later I heard the horrible news. FREAKED ME OUT! Still does and I'm 41 now. RIP J.S.