Beloved WABC Anchor Bill Ritter Steps Away From the Anchor Desk; Reveals Alzheimer's Diagnosis

WABC Anchor Bill Ritter Is Stepping Down After Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

The veteran journalist told viewers on Friday that it would be his last time anchoring the newscast, but that he was assuming a new role covering the disease he’s fighting.

WABC Anchor Bill Ritter Shares Alzheimer's Diagnosis, Announces Retirement On-Air

Bill Ritter shared he's stepping down from his anchor position at Eyewitness News after he was diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer's disease.

Longtime New York City TV anchor announces retirement after revealing Alzheimer’s diagnosis

Bill Ritter, anchor on WABC since 2001, said he’s stepping down but will continue to report on the diseaseA longtime New York City television news anchor has announced his sudden retirement from the airwaves after revealing that he has the early signs of Alzheimer’s disease.Bill Ritter, a veteran of ABC New York station WABC, has presented the main evening news in New York since 2001 and become a familiar face to millions of its residents. Conti…

Veteran ‘Eyewitness News’ Anchor Bill Ritter Steps Down After Revealing Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

Veteran Eyewitness News anchor Bill Ritter is stepping down from his role after revealing he has been diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. Ritter, 76, announced during the Friday, June 12, broadcast of Eyewitness News at 6 that it would be his final day as a news anchor. “After a series of tests, my doctors have told me I have Alzheimer’s,” Ritter told viewers. “It’s ‘early stage’ Alzheimer’s, and they say the treatments I’m ge…

ABC7 New York Anchor Bill Ritter Says He Has Alzheimer’s

Bill Ritter, an anchor for WABC-TV New York’s ABC7 Eyewitness News since 1999, announced Friday during his staple 6 p.m. newscast that he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and is stepping down from the role. Ritter, a San Diego native whose journalism career started in Los Angeles first with the Los Angeles Times and later at NBC’s affiliate in San Diego and at L.A. station KTTV-Fox 11, has been at WABC-TV since 1998. He said tonight he wo…

Longtime TV news anchor steps away after revealing health battle

Longtime WABC-TV anchor Bill Ritter announced he has been diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer's disease and is stepping away from the anchor desk after decades on New York television.