Hal Fishman

Actor

Born: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

BIOGRAPHY

Harold Hal Fishman (August 25, 1931 – August 7, 2007) was a local news anchor in the Los Angeles area, serving on-air with Los Angeles-area television stations continuously between 1960 until his death in 2007. Fishman was the longest-running news anchor in the history of American television before Dave Ward surpassed him in 2015. He was also a record-holding aviator. The Simpsons cartoon television anchorman Kent Brockman was partially inspired by Hal Fishman.

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