Kent Ninomiya memorial
Kent Ninomiya.
Here’s a way all of us can honor John Drury. A public memorial service for John Drury will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Holy Name Cathedral, 735 N. State. His funeral earlier this week was private.
The retired Chicago television news anchor, whose illustrious broadcast career spanned 50 years, died Sunday after a long battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was 80.
Two notable pieces on Drury are featured on the Museum of Broadcast Communications’ Web site at www.museum.tv. One is the career portrait originally presented at the museum’s “Salute to John Drury” in 2000, and the other is an interview with Drury conducted in 2002 by colleague Harry Porterfield.