WJAR News Anchor Doug White Has Passed

[Mark Laurence]

On Aug 15, 2006, at 8:58 PM, Mark Watson wrote:

>  WJAR (Channel 10 Providence RI) news anchor Doug White passed away  
> today of cancer at the age of 61. Does anyone recall if he was one  
> of the original news anchors on then-WSMW (Channel 27 Worcester)  
> when they signed on in 1970? IIRC he did work there prior to  
> heading to WPRI then WJAR.

That was the first thing I thought of when I saw his obituary in the  
Globe this morning, but they didn't mention that in the story.  Now  
that you've also mentioned it, I'm sure that's where I remember him,  
from the early, ambitious days of Channel 27.

Mark