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Edie Huggins
1935–2008
United States
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Edie Huggins (August 14, 1935 – July 29, 2008), born Edith "Eddie" Lou Thompson, was an American television reporter, journalist and broadcaster. In 1966, Huggins became one of the first female African-American television news reporters in Philadelphia. She worked on WCAU-TV for 42 years; the longest consecutive television run for a Philadelphia TV news reporter.
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