WXYZ Ch. 7's Diana Lewis tells Crain's she'lll retire in October after 44 years on TV

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Diana Lewis, a fixture on WXYZ-Channel 7’s evening newscast, will retire in October after 44 years on television, she told Crain’s Tuesday afternoon.
The Detroit ABC affiliate will announce her decision today.

Lewis, 69, will co-anchor the station’s 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. “Action News with JoAnne Purtan” for the final time Oct. 4, she said. No replacement has been announced.

She joined WXYZ on July 4, 1977, and co-anchored the evening news with Bill Bonds. She left the station for a few years in the mid-1980s before returning to Detroit.

“I am very excited, very grateful. I thank God I am healthy, I feel good. I am looking forward to the next chapter in my life. I did it my way,” she said. “I can look in the mirror and say, ‘I am fulfilled.’ It’s been 44 years. It’s time for a new chapter for me. I want to relax and cook and do some things with my husband.”

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