Feb 21, 2009 · Bob Sevey, known as the "Walter Cronkite of Hawai'i" during his two decades as anchor of the top TV newscast in the state, died yesterday in Olympia, Wash. He was 81. The former news director and anchorman at KGMB Channel 9 …

Jul 17, 2016 · Thirty long years have passed since television journalist Bob Sevey bid his final aloha to island news viewers. With Sevey at the helm, KGMB News had become the most watched local television...

Mar 9, 2025 · Bob Sevey, known as the "Walter Cronkite of Hawai'i" during his two decades as anchor of the top TV newscast in the state, died today in Olympia, Wash. He was 81. The former news director and anchorman at KGMB Channel 9 had battled cancer for more than two years.

Sep 10, 2008 · Eighty-year-old Bob Sevey, Hawaii's Walter Cronkite, was the star of the event. In an interview with KGMB alumna Leslie Wilcox on her PBS "Long Story Short" program that ran last November, Sevey said he was given 12 months to live 13 months ago.

Feb 21, 2009 · Bob Sevey was a TV newsman in Hawaii for 26 years. Among his career milestones: Sevey, 81, a newsman in Hawaii for 30 years, was regarded as a mentor by countless news professionals who learned the business under his tutelage. He died yesterday in Lacey, Wash., after a long battle with cancer.

Sep 10, 2008 · Bob Sevey was in town two weekends ago. For those of you of the only-the-Internet generation, Sevey was the news director and principal news anchor at KGMB-9 from 1966 until his precipitous “I quit” in 1986.

Mar 1, 2025 · Bob Sevey, the man Hawai'i most trusted to deliver the evening news for 20 years, has cancer. Doctors gave him a year to live, but that was 13 months ago. "Well, I figure I'm running on somebody else's time now for a whole month, and I feel fine," he says.

Bob Sevey was born on December 16, 1927 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for The Islander (1978), Hawaii Five-O (1968) and Duke Kahanamoku: Hawaii's Soul (2005). He was married to Rosalie Ferguson Thomas. He died on February 20, 2009 in Olympia, Washington, USA.

Bob Sevey was born on 16 December 1927 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for The Islander (1978), Hawaii Five-O (1968) and Duke Kahanamoku: Hawaii's Soul (2005). He was married to Rosalie Ferguson Thomas. He died on 20 February 2009 in Olympia, Washington, USA.

Legendary Hawaii News Anchor Bob Sevey, fondly remembered as the Walter Cronkite of Hawaii, sits down with Leslie Wilcox to talk about Hawaii television then and now.