{{short description|American journalist}} {{Infobox person | name = Randy Salerno | image = <!-- Please do not place any other images here, unless they are free images! --> | image_size = 260px | caption = Randy Salerno's Biography Picture. | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1963|1|4}}{{Citation needed|date=February 2008}} | birth_place = Aurora, Illinois, United States | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2008|1|24|1963|1|1}} | death_place = Eagle River, Wisconsin, United States | occupation = Morning News Anchor | years_active = 1993&ndash;2008 | spouse = Irene Salerno (1997–2008) | children = Haley Aynessazian<br>Slone Salerno<br>Charlie Salerno<!-- Matilda Rose Ledger is not a notable person, so please do not add. See Template:Infobox actor--> }}

'''Randall Salerno''' (January 4, 1963 – January 24, 2008) was an American news anchor for CBS news in Chicago, Illinois at WBBM-TV. Salerno had previously worked at WGN-TV alongside Roseanne Tellez at both WBBM-TV and WGN-TV 1993-2004.

==Biography== Salerno served as a general assignment reporter and as the weekend morning news anchor from 1994 till 1999. Before working at WGN, Salerno was a reporter and weekend anchor at WNYT in Albany, New York. Prior to that, he worked at WMBD-TV and WHOI-TV in Peoria, Illinois. He began his broadcasting career at WIFR-TV in Rockford, Illinois as a general assignment reporter.

Salerno received his B.S. in Communication from Illinois State University in 1985, where he was an anchor/reporter for the campus TV station. He lived in Crystal Lake, Illinois, where he attended Crystal Lake South High School and played basketball.

==Death==

Salerno died in a snowmobile accident on the night of January 24, 2008, on Plum Lake near Sayner/Eagle River, Wisconsin. He was a passenger on the snowmobile when it struck a tree.

Salerno is survived by his wife Irene and 3 children.

==Awards== Randy Salerno won a local Emmy Award for his work on CBS 2's 2004 broadcast of the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon.

==References== {{reflist}} *[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-salerno_webjan26,0,3049318.story Friend charged in snowmobiling death of Channel 2 anchor Randy Salerno]; January 25, 2008; Chicago Tribune, Retrieved January 25, 2008

==External links== *{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007203724/http://cbs2chicago.com/randy |date=October 7, 2008 |title=Remembering Randy }} *{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013051147/http://cbs2chicago.com/local/randy/randy.salerno.passes.2.637658.html |date=October 13, 2008 |title=CBS 2's Randy Salerno Mourned By His Many Friends }}

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