What is Sylvia Chase?
[[File:ABC News reporter Sylvia Chase in 1983.JPEG|thumb|Sylvia Chase in 1983 prior to a flight in a military plane for a ''20/20'' segment]] '''Sylvia Belle Chase''' (February 23, 1938 – January 3, 2019) was an American broadcast journalist. She was a correspondent for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[20/20 (U.S. TV program)|20/20]]'' from 1978 until 1985. She left to become a [[news anchor]] at [[KRON-TV]] in San Francisco; in 1990 she returned to [[ABC News]] in New York. Chase was born in [[Northfield, Minnesota]].<ref name=LA>{{cite news |author=Jay Sharbutt |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1985-12-11/entertainment/ca-1012_1_abc-news |title=Chase Quits '20/20' For Anchor Post At Kron-tv |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=December 11, 1985 }}</ref> She studied at [[University of California, Los Angeles]]. Chase, who was [[diabetic]], died in [[Belvedere, California]] on January 3, 2019 from [[brain cancer]], aged 80.<ref>{{cite news |author=John King |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Sylvia-Chase-former-KRON-news-anchor-and-TV-13511499.php |title=Sylvia Chase, former KRON news anchor and award-winning TV journalist, dies |newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=January 6, 2019 |orig-year=January 5, 2019 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chase, Sylvia}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from brain cancer]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in California]] [[Category:American journalists]] [[Category:American television news anchors]] [[Category:Writers from Minnesota]] [[Category:Writers from San Francisco]] {{US-bio-stub}}