Tony Valdez Obituary

Tony Valdez has been announced dead by his family. He was 73 years old. The veteran tv presenter died of end-stage kidney failure at his home in Hollywood.

He served as a tv presenter and reporter at Fox 11 KTTV from 1981 to 2016; making him one of the longest-serving reporters on the network.

“As a journalist, social issues have always been my beat and I am grateful for the decades of encouragement and support Fox has given me. As I leave Fox 11, I am thinking about what a privilege it has been to interview people who had important stories to tell,” he said after announcing his retirement.

“Tony Valdez was a trailblazing reporter, advocate, and mentor. He was one of the first Latino journalists to break the color barrier in Los Angeles. And with pride, Tony said he spent 35 years, 5 months, and 4 days covering the stories of this city on KTTV. We are better journalists, and a better community, because of the coverage and compassion of Tony Valdez,” Fox 11 Acting News Director, Pete Wilgoren said in an official statement.