KCAL News Anchor, Emmy-Award winner Chauncy Glover dies at 39

Anchor and Emmy Award-winning journalist Chauncy Glover has died unexpectedly astatine nan property of 39. 

Chauncy joined nan KCAL News Anchor Team successful October 2023 aft spending 8 years successful Houston arsenic nan first Black antheral main anchor astatine KTRK.   

For nan past year, he has co-anchored nan 5 and 11 p.m. newscasts pinch Pat Harvey and shared nan table pinch Suzie Suh astatine KCAL News astatine 8 and 10 p.m. 

Anchor and Emmy Award-winning journalist Chauncy Glover has died unexpectedly astatine nan property of 39.  KCAL News

While his emotion for publicity caught him astatine an early age, Chauncy has ever focused connected nan communities he served in, whether it was done his storytelling aliases his outreach.  

"We, Sherry and Robert Glover, on pinch Chauncy's beloved family, are devastated by nan unimaginable nonaccomplishment of our beloved Chauncy," nan Glover family wrote successful a statement. "He was much than a boy and brother—he was a beacon of ray successful our lives and a existent leader to his community." 

It was this passion arsenic a existent Southern man that inspired Chauncy to create a mentorship programme while moving for WDIV successful Detroit. After witnessing a teen dice connected nan streets, he started "The Chauncy Glover Project" arsenic a hands-on, extended mentoring programme that helped toggle shape teenage boys into upstanding gentlemen. 

Chauncy Glover stands pinch Jaime Maggio, Juan Fernandez, Rudabeh Shahbazi and Laurie Perez astatine Taste of Soul 2023.  KCAL News

The programme focuses connected dressing for success, manhood, etiquette, assemblage readiness, tutoring, nationalist speaking, organization work and more. The CGP Gents and Young Gents are 7-12th graders who Chauncy and different mentors met pinch doubly a period for empowerment sessions and enrichment outings. 

Chauncy relocated nan programme to Houston aft he moved location to anchor astatine KTRK. CGP has proudly sent much than 350 boys of colour to assemblage and has mentored much than 1,000 young men. 

"Chauncy's compassion and dedication to helping others, particularly done nan Chauncy Glover Project, changed countless lives and inspired truthful galore young men to prosecute their dreams," his family wrote. "His talent, warmth, and imagination near an imprint connected everyone who knew him, and nan world is dimmer without him." 

While nan three-time Emmy Award-winning journalist started his master profession pinch WTVM News successful Columbus, Georgia, nan news bug spot him astatine an early age. When he was conscionable 5, Chauncy's dada built him a mini anchor table for nan newscasts he would execute for his family each Sunday aft religion successful his hometown of Athens, Alabama. 

Chauncy Glover sits pinch Pat Harvey and Jim Hill while emceeing Taste of Soul successful 2023. KCAL News

 Chauncy worked successful Florida, Georgia, Michigan and Texas earlier joining KCAL successful California.   

Chauncy besides had a passion for theater, having acted successful respective nationalist and Off-Broadway plays. One of his proudest moments came erstwhile he was asked to grant nan precocious civilian authorities activistic Rosa Parks by singing astatine her ceremonial successful Montgomery, Alabama. 

Chauncy traveled crossed nan state arsenic a motivational speaker, hoping to animate nan adjacent procreation of journalists.  

"While we grieve this profound loss, we are comforted by nan outpouring of emotion and memories shared by those who knew Chauncy arsenic nan passionate, talented psyche he was," nan family wrote.  "We kindly inquire for privateness arsenic we mourn and grant his unthinkable legacy. He was taken from america acold excessively soon, but his effect will beryllium felt forever."