Trusted Los Angeles broadcaster and former KTLA reporter Warren Wilson died at the age of 90 on Friday, his son Stanley Wilson said in a statement.
“Our beloved father Warren Wilson ‘Papa’ died Friday, September 27th, 2024 in Oxnard, California. He was 90. His demeanor on the air as an iconic television journalist was just as authentic as he was a father, unsensational, sincere, a voice calming and eloquent,” Stanley Wilson wrote.
Warren Wilson spent more than 40 years as a broadcast journalist, including 21 years at KTLA, and was one of the first Black broadcasters in Los Angeles when he started in the market in the 1960s.
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Warren Wilson with Eric Spillman on Wilson’s 89th birthday. -
Reporter Warren Willson (L) and Richard J. Riordan attend the 44th Annual Los Angeles Press Club Southern California Journalism Awards on June 22, 2002 in Beverly Hills, California. (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) -
Reporter Warren Wilson (3rd L) and his family attend the 44th Annual Los Angeles Press Club Southern California Journalism Awards on June 22, 2002 in Beverly Hills, California. Wilson was honored with the Joseph M. Quinn Award for Journalistic Excellence and Distinction. (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) -
Television reporter Warren Wilson speaks during the Muslim Public Affairs Council’s Annual Media Awards at The Omni Hotel Los Angeles on May 2, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) -
(L to R) Reverned Doctor Cecil L. Murray, reporters Patt Morrison and Warren Wilson attend the 44th Annual Los Angeles Press Club Southern California Journalism Awards on June 22, 2002 in Beverly Hills, California. (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) -
KTLA reporter Warren Wilson speaks during the 26th Annual Awards Banquet for the Society of Professional Journalists, Los Angeles Professional Chapter February 4, 2002 in Los Angeles, CA. (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
He began working at KTLA in 1984 and quickly gained a reputation as someone people accused of crimes felt safe approaching so that they could turn themselves in…