LIFE

Longtime WUSA9 anchor Bruce Johnson dies at 71

A beloved WUSA9 colleague who retired in December 2020 died Sunday.

Author: WUSA 9 Staff
Published: 11:06 PM EDT April 3, 2022
Updated: 11:07 AM EDT April 4, 2022

WASHINGTON — Bruce Johnson, a beloved longtime WUSA9 anchor, died of a heart attack Sunday morning in Delaware. He was 71. ... He is survived by his wife, Lori, three children -- Brandon, Kurshanna and Carolyn -- and four grandchildren.

The legendary Johnson devoted 44 years of his professional life to telling remarkable stories for WUSA9 from March 16, 1976 through his retirement on Dec. 31, 2020. He was the author of three books: “Heart to Heart,” “All or Nothing” and “Surviving Deep Waters.”

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Over the course of his career, Johnson won 22 Emmys, was a member of the Society of Professional Journalists Hall of Fame, the Washington, DC Hall of Fame and the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame at the University of Kentucky. He was honored with nearly every journalism award of distinction, including the Ted Yates Award and the NATAS Board of Governors Award and is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Press Club.

He filed special reports from Rome, Bangkok, Moscow, Budapest and Cuba. He has received hundreds of civic awards from DC organizations, from the city’s mayors and a Resolution in his honor from the DC City Council.

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