ROCKY HILL, CT. (THECOUNT) — WFSB is reporting longtime Connecticut news anchor, Denise D’Ascenzo, has died suddenly, according to local reports.
Dennis House appeared on-air Saturday night to report D’Ascenzo had died earlier in the day Saturday.
“It was a sudden and unexpected death, and the grief we are all feeling is immeasurable,” House said while fighting back tears. “We are devastated for her husband and daughter, who were really her whole life,” WFSB
A cause of death was not provided as of Saturday night.
D’Ascenzo joined WFSB in 1986 and was the station’s longest-serving anchor, House said.
NBC Connecticut expresses our condolences to Denise’s family and friends, and to her colleagues at WFSB.
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Geo quick facts: Rocky Hill is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 19,709 at the 2010 census. Originally land of the Wangunks, Europeans began to settle the area of Rocky Hill in 1650, as part of Wethersfield, the neighboring town to the north – Wikipedia.
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