Lisa Colagrossi was a well-known, talented journalist, anchor and reporter who worked at the WABC-TV situated in New York City. She had joined the station on 2001 and after a 14 year career there, she died at the age of 50 due to a brain hemorrhage. She was born on Orlando, Florida on the 9th of May, 1965. She was also the recipient of the Suncoast Regional Emmy Award for her anchoring.
Born in Orlando, Florida, this journalist started her journalism career from West Virginia. She attended the West Virginia University. In her hometown too, she worked for the NBC affiliate named the WKYC-TV situated in Cleveland, Ohio. She then moved on to work at the news stations Mobile, West Virginian and Alabama. Her work in New York affiliate won her several nominations for the Emmy Award. Her work in Florida also led her to earn two Emmy Awards from the Suncoast Regional society. She was also awarded the position of a member in the Society of Professional Journalists.
Colagrossi also occasionally filled in for anchors like Steve Bartelstein, Ken Rosato, Lori Stokes, Michelle Charlesworth and Rob Nelson on the broadcasts of Weekend Mornings. She joined the WABC- TV, the affiliate of the ABC News. She was enrolled there until her death. She was the part of the Eyewitness News team there and also anchored occasionally apart from acting as a business reporter there. She reported for the Eyewitness News This Morning and Noon broadcasts and also did some reporting for breaking news apart from business news. This journalist made a huge impact in the news fraternity with her journalism skills.
As far as her personal life is concerned, she was a married woman. While her previous dating history comes out to be empty, it was known that she had a spouse Todd. She got married to him but the exact date of marriage is not known. This couple had two sons together. The happy family resided in Stamford. Connecticut. Colagrossi suffered from brain aneurysm. She ruptured a brain aneurysm on 19th of March, 2015. She was returning from Queens after completing an a s signment. Due to her issues in health, she was transported to the New York- Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center’s ICU. She was placed on life support and the hemorrhage was tried to be put under control but she succ u mbed to the health issue and pa s sed away on the very next day.
Though she was a liked personality who contributed a lot to the field of journalism, her exact net worth and salary was not known. Owing to her popularity however, it must surely have been on the range of millions. She has a pretty face and a beautiful body to go along, which appealed to all of her fans around the world.
by Bchrome, 10 Jan, 2016
