Career highlights

Joined WCVB-TV (Channel 5) on March 19, 1972, as a reporter, just before the station went on the air.

Married Chet Curtis, fellow WCVB journalist, in 1975.

Became the first female anchor of an evening newscast in Boston in 1976.

Anchored almost every major news event in New England from 1976 to 2007, including visits to Boston by Queen Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela, and Pope John Paul II; the Blizzard of '78; the presidential campaigns of Michael Dukakis and John Kerry; the 9/11 terrorist attacks; and the Red Sox World Series win in 2004.

Had a famously contentious interview in 1990 with John Silber, who was running for governor. He responded harshly to what some considered a friendly question. Silber later claimed that interview cost him the election.

Divorced Curtis in 2001. She continued at WCVB while he left for NECN.

Delivered her last newscast for WCVB at 6 p.m. on July 18, 2007.

JOHNNY DIAZ