North Carolina reporter, spokesperson Dick Ellis dies at 78
Dick Ellis, a former North Carolina television news reporter and spokesperson for political campaigns and the state courts system, has died at age ...
Dick Ellis, a former North Carolina television news reporter and spokesperson for political campaigns and the state courts system, has died at age 78.Ellis died on Saturday from cancer at the VA Medical Center in Durham, his daughter, Annette Rogers, said Monday.A Wilson native, Richard Earl Ellis worked as a radio disc jockey, weatherman and kiddie show host for WITN-TV early in his career before being drafted into the Army, according to information from his family. He served in Vietnam, working for the American Forces Vietnam Network until 1968.