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NBC News Veteran Cummins Dies

Oct 27, 2007  •  Post A Comment

Jim Cummins, who worked his way up through Midwest stations to a three-decade career as a correspondent with NBC News, died Friday. He was 62 and had been diagnosed with cancer after retiring from NBC News earlier this year.
In an e-mail to staffers, NBC News President Steve Capus described Mr. Cummins as “a gentle giant of a man” who had “spent decades making Americans feel right at home, with his down-to-earth, warm reporting style, delivery and presence. During a distinguished career with NBC News, Jim covered all kinds of breaking news assignments and memorable features.”
His career began in 1969 and took him from KGLO-TV in Mason City, Iowa, to WOTV in Grand Rapids, Mich., WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee and NBC-owned WMAQ-TV in Chicago. In 1978, NBC News hired him as a Chicago-based correspondent. In 1989 he became the network’s Southwest bureau chief and Dallas-based correspondent. He won an Emmy in 1993 for his coverage of Midwest floods.
He is survived by wife Connie and six children, who Mr. Capus said were with him when he died.
“Jim and Connie had a vision for life after NBC. A damnable cancer diagnosis came a short time after he left the job, and those plans took a backseat to a courageous battle,” Mr. Capus said.

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  3. Jim Cummins was an ultimate professional journalist. I only had one or two e-mail converstions with him in ’95 at NBC in New York. His accurate and investigative reporting broke the preist abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church in the U.S.. He was ahead of the curve and had a profound effect on my life. It was not mentioned in reports of his passing.
    Jim Shannon, Farmington, CT

  4. Jim Cummins was an ultimate professional journalist. I only had one or two e-mail converstions with him in ’95 at NBC in New York. His accurate and investigative reporting broke the preist abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church in the U.S.. He was ahead of the curve and had a profound effect on my life. It was not mentioned in reports of his passing.
    Jim Shannon, Farmington, CT

  5. Jim Cummins was an ultimate professional journalist. I only had one or two e-mail converstions with him in ’95 at NBC in New York. His accurate and investigative reporting broke the preist abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church in the U.S.. He was ahead of the curve and had a profound effect on my life. It was not mentioned in reports of his passing.
    Jim Shannon, Farmington, CT

  6. Jim Cummins was an ultimate professional journalist. I only had one or two e-mail converstions with him in ’95 at NBC in New York. His accurate and investigative reporting broke the preist abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church in the U.S.. He was ahead of the curve and had a profound effect on my life. It was not mentioned in reports of his passing.
    Jim Shannon, Farmington, CT

  7. Jim Cummins was an ultimate professional journalist. I only had one or two e-mail converstions with him in ’95 at NBC in New York. His accurate and investigative reporting broke the preist abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church in the U.S.. He was ahead of the curve and had a profound effect on my life. It was not mentioned in reports of his passing.
    Jim Shannon, Farmington, CT

  8. IN FACT, JIM CUMMINS WAS A MEDIOCRE REPORTER. HE WAS ESPECIALLYT JEALOUS OF HIS PEERS AND OFTEN WAS CAUGHT MAKING DEROGATORY REFERENCES. IT IS UNFORTUNATE HOWEVER, THAT HE COULD NOT WNJOY HIS RETIREMENT. EARLY DEATH BY CANCER WAS A SURPRISE.

  9. IN FACT, JIM CUMMINS WAS A MEDIOCRE REPORTER. HE WAS ESPECIALLYT JEALOUS OF HIS PEERS AND OFTEN WAS CAUGHT MAKING DEROGATORY REFERENCES. IT IS UNFORTUNATE HOWEVER, THAT HE COULD NOT WNJOY HIS RETIREMENT. EARLY DEATH BY CANCER WAS A SURPRISE.

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