Steve Crump Cause of Death

Steve Crump one of the most recognizable TV journalists in Carolinas has died. He died at the age of 65. He died from complications of colon cancer.

He graduated from Louisville’s Trinity High School and Eastern Kentucky University. Crump was known for his regional Emmy Awards for stories ranging from apartheid in South Africa to civil rights in the American South.

He also has earned a number of other awards including four national Headliner Awards, the Gabriel Award and more than a dozen first-place honours from the National Association of Black Journalists, as well as organisations like Sigman Delta Chi and Sister Cities International.

Crump was named the 2016 Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists.

Crump also worked for news stations in Orlando Florida, Lexington, Kentucky and Detriot, Michigan, as well as an independent producer for Charlotte’s WTVI, BET, and Charlotte’s PBS affiliate before coming to WBTV.