Wendy Rieger dies at 65

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According to the Washington Post, Rieger, who spent more than 30 years at NBC affiliate WRC-TV,

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died of brain cancer on Saturday at a hospice facility in Montgomery County, Maryland.

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Rieger, a native of Norfolk, Virginia, earned a journalism degree from American University in 1980.

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In 2008, she was honored by Washingtonian magazine

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After 33 years at WRC, Rieger was diagnosed with a brain tumor in May 2021

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Her husband, retired WRC news photographer Dan Buckley,

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and three brothers are among the survivors.

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Wendy Rieger dies at 65

According to the Washington Post, Rieger, who spent more than 30 years at NBC affiliate WRC-TV,

died of brain cancer on Saturday at a hospice facility in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Rieger, a native of Norfolk, Virginia, earned a journalism degree from American University in 1980.

In 2008, she was honored by Washingtonian magazine

After 33 years at WRC, Rieger was diagnosed with a brain tumor in May 2021

Her husband, retired WRC news photographer Dan Buckley,

and three brothers are among the survivors.

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