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Jack Jones
1949–1991
United States
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John Wesley Claver "Jack" Jones (November 12, 1949 – March 5, 1991), was an American journalist and the first African-American news anchor in the Philadelphia television market. He was the first television news anchor to be born, raised, and educated in Philadelphia. He was posthumously inducted into the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia Hall of Fame in 2004.
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