{{Short description|American television reporter}} {{Infobox person | name = Stan Chambers | image = Kathyfiscus.jpg | caption = Chambers covering the [[Kathy Fiscus]] tragedy in April 1949 | birth_name = Stanley Holroyd Chambers | birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|8|11}} | birth_place = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|2|13|1923|8|11}} | death_place = [[Holmby Hills, Los Angeles]], California, U.S. | resting_place = Holy Cross Cemetery, [[Culver City, California]], U.S. | occupation = Television reporter | employer = [[KTLA]] | years_active = 1947–2010 | awards = [[Emmy Awards]]; Golden Mike Awards; LA Press Club Award; Star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] | alma_mater = [[University of Southern California]] | children = | relatives = Jaime Chambers (grandson) }} '''Stanley Holroyd "Stan" Chambers''' (August 11, 1923 – February 13, 2015) was an American television reporter who worked for [[KTLA]] in Los Angeles from 1947 to 2010.<ref>[http://ktla.com/bio/stan-chambers/ Stan Chambers], ''KTLA.com'', accessed 2013-10-13</ref>
Chambers was born in [[Los Angeles]]. His career began shortly after KTLA became the first commercially licensed TV station in the western [[United States]]. His April 1949 on-scene 27½-hour report of the unsuccessful attempt to rescue [[Kathy Fiscus]] from an abandoned well in [[San Marino, California]], prompted the sale of hundreds of TV sets in the Los Angeles area. His report has been recognized as the first live coverage of a breaking news story.<ref>[http://www.dailynews.com/ci_15741476 LA news pioneer Stan Chambers retiring] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209174201/http://www.dailynews.com/ci_15741476 |date=2011-02-09 }}, ''Los Angeles Daily News'', August 11, 2010</ref>
In 1952, Chambers was involved in the first live telecast of an [[Nuclear testing|atomic bomb test]] at the [[Nevada Test Site]]. Among other stories he covered were the 1961 [[Bel Air, Los Angeles#Brentwood–Bel Air fire|Bel Air fires]], the 1963 [[Baldwin Hills Reservoir]] dam break, the 1971 [[Sylmar earthquake|Sylmar]] and 1994 [[Northridge earthquake|Northridge]] earthquakes, the 1963 kidnapping of [[Frank Sinatra Jr.]], the 1965 [[Watts Riots]], the [[assassination]] of [[Robert F. Kennedy]], the [[Sharon Tate|Tate]]-[[Leno LaBianca|LaBianca]] murders by the [[Manson family]], and the [[Hillside Strangler]]. Chambers broke the story on the beating of [[Rodney King]] by [[Los Angeles Police Department]] officers.<ref>Jay Berman, [https://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/turning-the-tables-on-stan-chambersafter-56-years-and-20-000-stories-the-ktla-newsman/article_db56edee-716d-5924-a3cd-053797f50c6e.html Turning the Tables on Stan Chambers], ''Los Angeles Downtown News'', March 1, 2004</ref>
Chambers earned several [[Emmy Awards]], Golden Mike Awards, LA City and County Proclamations, an LA Press Club Award, and a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]. His grandson, Jaime Chambers, became a reporter at KTLA in 2003, and now works at [[KSWB-TV]] (Fox-5) in San Diego.
==Retirement years and death== Chambers retired on August 11, 2010, on his 87th birthday, marking 63 years as a reporter at KTLA.<ref>Greg Braxton, [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-0811-chambers-20100811,0,685178.story KTLA's Stan Chambers to announce retirement], ''Los Angeles Times'', August 11, 2010</ref>
He died on February 13, 2015, at his home in the [[Holmby Hills, Los Angeles|Holmby Hills]] neighborhood of [[Los Angeles]] at the age of 91.
Stan Chambers is interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in [[Culver City, California]], beside his wife Beverly.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{wikisource|In Honor of Los Angeles Television News Legend Stan Chambers}} * {{IMDb name|0150445}} * [http://ktla.com/bio/stan-chambers/ Stan Chambers], ''KTLA.com'', accessed 2013-10-13 * {{emmytvlegends name|stan-chambers}} * {{YouTube|eUUMjbCtgS4|Stan Chambers interview on The Gregory Mantell Show}} {{Authority control}}
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