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Fox 2
anchor
and
reporter
Ron
Savage
dies
suddenly
FOX
WJBK
MILFORD
- Ron
Savage,
FOX 2
anchor
and
reporter,
died
Saturday
morning
while
training
with the
Milford
Fire
Department.
Ron
suffered
a
cardiac
issue
during
training
exercise
with the
Milford
Fire
Department
where he
volunteered.
Ron was
63 years
old.
On
Sunday,
Ron was
planning
to climb
the
stairs
for the
Fight
For Air
Climb at
the
Renaissance
Center
tower.
Ron was
volunteering
to climb
the
stairs
to raise
money
for the
American
Lung
Association
and was
a
regular
in the
annual
event.
An EMMY
Award-winning
journalist,
Ron
co-anchored
Fox 2
News
Weekends
with Amy
Lange.
He
produced
Michigan's
Most
Wanted
segments,
highlighting
crimes
that
needed
to be
solved.
Police
say more
than
1,000
dangerous
fugitives
have
been
arrested
from
tips
from FOX
2
viewers.
Aside
from his
hard
work at
the
station,
Ron
served
his
community
as a
volunteer
firefighter
and EMT
with the
Milford
Fire
Department.
He was a
decorated
firefighter
who
earned
two
citations
for
outstanding
performance
above
and
beyond
the call
of duty
- one
during a
commercial
factory
fire and
another
for
rescuing
a
critically
injured
driver
from an
overturned
18-wheeler.
Ron also
volunteered
with
Crime
Stoppers,
The
Humane
Society,
The
Autism
Society
of
Michigan,
MADD and
The
American
Lung
Association.
A big
camping
enthusiast
in both
the
upper
and
lower
peninsula,
his
favorite
hobby
was
cooking
-
specializing
in BBQ
smoked
ribs,
"low and
slow" as
he liked
to say.
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