A well-known anchor and reporter named Leslie Griffith passed away on August 10, 2022, at the age of 66. Her cause of death has not yet been established. Griffith, who has been on KTVU, was bitten by a tick in 2015 and later discovered to have Lyme disease.
It is unclear, though, whether the illness contributed to her passing. A comprehensive obituary piece will air on August 11 during the 10 a.m. news on KTVU. Information regarding her funeral will soon be made public.
Death of Leslie Griffith
A member of Griffith’s family described how Lyme Disease harmed her health after the tick bite. The anchor has been residing in Mexico since 2016. Fever, rash, facial paralysis, and arthritis are just a few of the symptoms of Lyme disease, which can vary depending on the stage of infection.
Although the exact cause of Griffith’s death is currently unknown, it is possible that she passed away due to age-related health issues. There is no information on any other health conditions she may have had than Lyme disease.
The entire Leslie Griffith story
Leslie Griffith, a well-known author, and journalist, was born on January 1st, 1956. She started her career as a journalist and news anchor at KTVU for 25 years after working at the Associated Press and The Denver Post.
She was the general assignment reporter and anchor for the San Francisco Bay Area’s Original Ten O’clock News for 22 years at KTVU. For nine years, Griffith was the only weekend news anchor, and she spent her 25th birthday covering the Cold War in Moscow.
She was able to gather information and fabricate stories despite operating under difficult circumstances. She was regarded as an authority on breaking news and the only person who could provide details when significant news was making international headlines.
Leslie made sure that people were informed about everything that was happening across the world. She has relentlessly pushed to get all the elephants removed from the circuses over the years, emphasizing the TB problem with circus elephants. To help young women, she founded the Leslie R. Griffith Woman of Courage Scholarship in 2005.
After leaving KTVU in 2006, she started contributing to online publications like The Huffington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle.
In addition to her work as a KTVU anchor, she also portrayed the role in the 1999 movie True Crime. She contributed to the making of the movie When Giants Fall, which examined the negative effects of the ivory trade, in which an elephant is killed every 15 minutes for its ivory.
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