{"id":381672,"date":"2025-11-15T22:32:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T22:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/381672\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T22:32:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T22:32:14","slug":"texas-radio-hall-of-famer-dallas-tv-talk-show-host-suzie-humphreys-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/381672\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Radio Hall-of-Famer, Dallas TV talk show host Suzie Humphreys dies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Suzie Humphreys, Texas Radio Hall-of-Famer and former talk show host<\/a> has died, leaving behind a memorable legacy in Texas broadcast journalism. She was 87. <\/p>\n

Humphreys worked as a secretary in Dallas and performed in a comedy show before breaking into local journalism. In the 1970s, Humphreys anchored WFAA Channel 8\u2019s morning television show<\/a> News 8 etc\u2026 alongside Don Harris and Gene Thomas. <\/p>\n

The hosts produced the live show five days a week without cue cards or teleprompters, according to an article published by the University of North Texas<\/a>. The show was known by local audiences for its quirky improvisation, celebrity guests and comedic stunts.<\/p>\n

The production was met with tragedy<\/a>. In 1971, Thomas died in a drag-racing crash at the Dallas International Motor Speedway while reporting a story. Harris left the show, and was killed in 1978 while reporting in Guyana. <\/p>\n

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Humphreys herself narrowly escaped death by avoiding a helicopter crash by minutes at her next gig reporting from the KVIL station traffic helicopter<\/a>. Humphreys, pregnant at the time, got off the chopper due to nausea just before it took off again and crashed, killing the pilot. <\/p>\n

The temporary assignment reporting on traffic from the air turned into two decades with the radio station<\/a> alongside legendary radio host Ron Chapman. <\/p>\n

Her reports were filled with humor and authenticity, said long-time Dallas-Fort Worth broadcaster Jody Dean. <\/p>\n

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\u201cShe\u2019s a broadcast legend,\u201d Dean said. \u201cThe contribution she made to the industry and the opportunities she helped create for women in particular<\/a> because of her extraordinary talent, is just breathtaking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Humphreys was also an actress, comedian, author and she had a passion for motivational speaking. She was inducted into the National Speakers Association\u2019s Hall of Fame in 2002. <\/p>\n

She was born in 1937 and grew up in San Antonio<\/a>, according to an article published by UNT. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Suzie Humphreys, Texas Radio Hall-of-Famer and former talk show host has died, leaving behind a memorable legacy in…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":381673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,90876,593,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-381672","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-local-people-doing-big-things","11":"tag-obituaries","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-tx","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115556093557341136","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}