Kent Dana’s father, Joe, was a broadcaster as well.
When Kent first started in the industry, he wasn’t exactly brimming with suggestions.
According to KPNX, Kent Dana, a former CBS 5 news anchor, died on Tuesday afternoon at the age of 80.
Dana’s prior hip surgery had resulted in difficulties.
Dana joined CBS 5 as a news anchor in 2005 and stayed for five years before retiring from the industry.
Dana joined Sean McLaughlin and Catherine Anaya on the station’s final newscast before retiring to tell Arizonans the news one last time.
Dana, 77, was one of Phoenix’s most beloved local news anchors for a variety of reasons.
For one thing, he worked at three different stations.
For another, he remained in the same market for a long time.
Are Joe Dana and Kent Dana related?
Evidently, the apple does not fall far from the tree.
Kent kept a quiet profile when the younger Joe Dana started working in television news.
His son, also named Joe Dana, has been following in his father and grandfather’s footsteps in the broadcasting industry.
