11 Facts About Lisa Colagrossi

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Lisa Colagrossi was an American journalist and television news anchor and reporter.

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Lisa Colagrossi was a reporter for WABC-TV In New York City from September 2001 until her death on March 20,2015.

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Lisa Colagrossi worked in her hometown of Cleveland, Ohio at WKYC-TV, the NBC-TV affiliate there.

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Lisa Colagrossi won two Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards for her anchoring in Florida.

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Lisa Colagrossi was a member of the Society of Professional Journalists.

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Lisa Colagrossi was among a long list of reporters competing to replace anchor Steve Bartelstein; fellow reporter Ken Rosato became the new morning co-anchor in mid-2007.

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Lisa Colagrossi continued to regularly fill in for Ken Rosato or Lori Stokes, as well as for Rob Nelson and Michelle Charlesworth on the Weekend Morning broadcasts.

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In early 2009, Lisa Colagrossi became business reporter on the Eyewitness News This Morning and Noon broadcasts, though she still frequently did breaking news reporting.

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Lisa Colagrossi resided with her husband Todd and sons in Stamford, Connecticut.

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On March 19,2015, Lisa Colagrossi was on her way back to the station after filing a report on a house fire in Queens.

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Lisa Colagrossi was immediately taken to the intensive care unit and placed on life support, but doctors were unable to save her, and she died the next day.