Longtime Texas news anchor dies at 86

TEXAS (FOX 44) – It’s the end of an era in Texas television, and a voice Houston trusted for half a century has gone quiet.

Longtime Houston news anchor Dave Ward has died at the age of 86. Ward was Texas through and through – born in Dallas, raised in Huntsville and educated at Tyler Junior College.

His broadcast career started right here in Central Texas – working for WACO Radio in the late 1950s and early 1960s – but Houston is where Ward became a legend…

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