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Longtime KDKA-TV talk show host Jon Burnett dies at 71

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Burnett, who spent 36 years on the air, died due to complications from suspected CTE, per his family.

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Beloved KDKA News Anchor Jon Burnett, 71, Dies of Complications of CTE, Doctor Says

The CBS Pittsburgh weather forecaster began working for the news station in 1982Richie Walsh/Instagram Jon Burnett TV journalist Jon Burnett, a CBS Pittsburgh weather forecaster, died of complications of CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) at the age of 71, Dr. Joseph Malone, a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Cognitive Neurologist, said, CBS News reports.Burnett worked for the Pittsburgh station KDKA-TV, which confirmed his death on T…

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CBS News

Jon Burnett, beloved former KDKA-TV personality, dies at age 71

KDKA-TV is sad to report that Jon died of complications from suspected CTE. He leaves behind an incredible legacy.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Longtime KDKA-TV talk show host Jon Burnett dies at 71

Burnett, who spent 36 years on the air, died due to complications from suspected CTE, per his family.

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TV host and popular football star dies after just a year after heartbreaking admission - Conservative Angle

Beloved local television host and former college football player, Jon Burnett, has died at the age of 71, his former network KDKA-TV announced. The post TV host and popular football star dies after just a year after heartbreaking admission appeared first on Conservative Angle | Conservative Angle - Conservative News Clearing House

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Pittsburgh Magazine

Beloved KDKA Host Jon Burnett Dies

JON BURNETT WITH HIS LONGTIME ‘PITTSBURGH TODAY LIVE’ CO-HOST KRISTINE SORENSEN. | PHOTO COURTESY KDKA. Jon Burnett, the longtime talk-show host and weather forecaster who spent nearly four decades as a fixture on KDKA-TV, died earlier this week at age 71. Burnett’s death was announced Thursday afternoon on KDKA radio. The cause was reported as “complications from suspected CTE,” the disease arising from repeated head trauma; Burnett believed hi…

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