Warren Wilson, KTLA Reporter and Broadcaster, Dies at 90
variety.comAndrés Buenahora editor Warren Wilson, the former KTLA broadcast journalist who spent four decades covering some of the biggest stories in Los Angeles’ history, died Friday at his home in Oxnard, Calif.
He was 90. His son Stanley announced the news in a statement to KTLA, saying “Our beloved father Warren Wilson ‘Papa’ died September 27, 2024.
His demeanor on the air as an iconic television journalist was just as authentic as he was a father, unsensational, sincere, a voice calming and eloquent.” Over the course of his career, Wilson won six L.A.-area Emmy awards in addition to recognitions from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Los Angeles Press Club, the California Legislature, the American Civil Liberties Union, the L.A.
County Board of Supervisors, the Los Angeles City Council and the Los Angeles Police Department. Wilson was one of the first Black broadcasters in Los Angeles.
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