Chet Curtis

{{Infobox person | name = Chet Curtis | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Chester Kukiewicz | birth_date = April 15, 1939 | birth_place = Amsterdam, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and given age|2014|1|22|74}} | death_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | education = Ithaca College | occupation = News anchor, reporter | spouse = {{marriage|Helen Wagner |1960|1974}}<ref name=splitscreen/><br/>Natalie Jacobson (1975–2000) | children = 3 }}

'''Chet Curtis''' (born '''Chester Kukiewicz''';<ref name=splitscreen>{{cite news|first=Dick|last=Lehr|title=Split screen|url=https://graphics.boston.com/globe/magazine/1-28/featurestory1.shtml|work=Boston Globe|date=2001-01-28}}</ref> April 15, 1939 – January 22, 2014) was an American newscaster who co-anchored with his then-wife, newscaster Natalie Jacobson. He was born in Amsterdam, New York and raised in Schenectady, New York.<ref name="bostonglobe.com">[https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/01/23/chet-curtis-longtime-boston-news-anchor-has-died/z6KojzhupQRqJQKhNKhw9I/story.html "Chet Curtis, longtime Boston TV news anchor, dies at 74"], ''The Boston Globe''; retrieved January 25, 2014.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Chet-Curtis&lc=4643&pid=169249095&mid=5828687&Affiliate=bostonglobe&PersonID=169249787&FHID=10710|title = Chet Curtis Obituary - Boston, MA}}</ref>

Curtis was a primetime anchor at NECN, where he anchored ''The Chet Curtis Report,'' a nightly news and interview program, and co-anchored ''New England Business Day''. Before joining NECN in the spring of 2001, Curtis had been an anchor and reporter with WCVB-TV since its launch in 1972. For the majority of his time at WCVB, Curtis, with Jacobson, co-anchored the station's principal weekday newscasts, and was the original host of the station's award-winning ''Chronicle'' program. He began his career in Boston at the former WHDH-TV Channel 5, before that station lost its license, and ownership was handed over to Boston Broadcasters, Inc., who re-launched Channel 5 as today's WCVB. Before coming to New England, Curtis worked as an anchor and reporter at CBS television's flagship station WCBS-TV in New York City, and prior to that at WTOP-TV (now WUSA-TV), the CBS affiliate in Washington, D.C., also as an anchor and reporter.<ref name="bostonglobe.com"/>

==Personal life/death== Curtis fathered three daughters, and lived in Quincy, Massachusetts. In late 2012, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.<ref>[http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/columnists/margery_eagan/2013/02/family_an_anchor_for_curtis Family an anchor for Curtis] Boston Herald, February 25, 2013</ref> On September 12, 2013, a frail Curtis was inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame.<ref>[http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/metro/chet-curtis-inducted-into-mass-broadcasters-hall-of-fame/-/11971628/21910450/-/1225ef2/-/index.html Chet Curtis inducted into Mass Broadcasters Hall of Fame] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202210604/http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/metro/chet-curtis-inducted-into-mass-broadcasters-hall-of-fame/-/11971628/21910450/-/1225ef2/-/index.html |date=2014-02-02 }} WCVB.com, September 12, 2013</ref> He died on January 22, 2014, of pancreatic cancer, at age 74.<ref>[http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2014/01/tv_legend_chet_curtis_dies_at_74 "TV legend Chet Curtis dies at 74"], BostonHerald.com; accessed January 25, 2014.</ref> He is buried in St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Amsterdam, NY.

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|3814082}} * [https://archive.today/20130129150045/http://www.necn.com/01/14/11/Chet-Curtis/landing.html?blockID=117310&feedID=4818 NECN Biography]

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