Jack Etzel, the affable and enthusiastic reporter who for more than two decades appeared in popular segments on WPXI, died Tuesday, June 24. He was 91.
Through his features-style “Etzel at Large” segments, Etzel shone a spotlight on personalities and locations in the Pittsburgh region. Predating the rise in roving-reporter style segments in the ’90s, Etzel would report on the people and institutions that Pittsburghers knew well — and others that deserved a wider spotlight.
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