Trailblazing Las Vegas broadcaster Gary Waddell has sadly passed away at 77 September 2, 2021. Waddell died of cardiac arrest late Thursday night at St. Rose Dominican Hospital, Siena Campus, in Henderson, his ex-wife Chrisse announced.
Waddell spent 32 years at KLAS Channel 8, Waddell retired after his broadcast on Aug. 3, 2012. Gary was well known as a true icon. You can’t have a conversation about the history of broadcasting in Nevada without mentioning Gary Waddell.
According to sources, He was an Associated Press Television-Radio Association Mark Twain Award recipient and won several Emmy Awards for his distinguished career in Las Vegas. Waddell arrived in Las Vegas from Chicago in 1971, spending four years at KORK-TV (now KSNV Channel 3). He was first a reporter, than a weatherman before moving on to an anchor rolefor two years
Chrisse Waddell said Gary had been admitted to the hospital on Tuesday evening after feeling weak at his home in Henderson. He had just returned Monday from a trip to Wrightwood, California, in San Bernardino County. She continued, Gary had been tested positive for COVID, though both he and his ex-wife had been vaccinated. He was being treated with Remdesivir and seemed to be making progress. But Chrisse spoke to him on the phone Thursday morning and became concerned for his health.
“He had been suffering symptoms for four or five days, but we thought he was doing fine,” Chrisse Waddell said. “He was on a CPAP machine, helping him breathe, and he was talking to me on the phone through that. He said, ‘I think I am going to die here.’ I said, ‘They are taking great care of you.’ But the nurses checked on him, told him he shouldn’t be saying things like that to me.” Report says.
Sources say Waddell took a five-year break, working in pubic relations and real estate, before being recruited by fellow broadcast legend Bob Stoldal at KLAS. At that station, Waddell worked with several co-anchors, including Paula Francis, from 1991-2012.
Waddell continued his passion for motorcycle riding (he most recently owned a BMW bike), hosting a series of motorcycle tours of state outposts on Channel 8 when he retired.
Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and everyone who knew and loved him
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