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Thomas Edwin Jarriel
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| Born | December 29, 1934 LaGrange, Georgia, U.S.
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| Died | October 2024 (aged 89) |
| Alma mater | C.E. Byrd High School University of Houston |
| Occupation | Journalist with KPRC-TV and ABC News |
| Years active | 1956–2002 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Joan B. Jarriel |
| Children | Michael Thomas Jarriel Stephen L. Jarriel Jeffrey David Jarriel |
| Parent(s) | William Lester and Ella Ruth Jarriel |
Thomas Edwin Jarriel (December 29, 1934 – October 2024) was an American television news reporter who worked for the ABC network from 1964 to 2002.
Shortly after joining ABC News, he became White House correspondent for ABC, during the administrations of U.S. Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Later, in 1977, Jarriel co-anchored ABC Evening News on Saturdays for two years, and in 1979, joined the network's newsmagazine 20/20, as an investigative correspondent. On that show and on several hour-long documentaries, he covered subjects such as the defects in the American criminal justice system, wasteful spending by the United States Department of Defense, and transportation accidents. He received 10 Emmy Awards for his work.
During most of that time, Jarriel anchored the 15-minute bulletins ABC aired late nights on Saturday and Sunday, until those broadcasts were cancelled in 1991; he was also the most frequent anchor of the daytime ABC News Brief updates that aired during the era. He also served as substitute anchor on World News Tonight.
Jarriel retired from broadcasting in 2002. He died in October 2024, at the age of 89.
