Wes Sarginson, a former anchor and reporter at WSB-TV and 11Alive, died last week of esophageal cancer at age 82, his son, Todd, confirmed to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.<\/p>\n
Over his more than 40 years in TV news, Sarginson was known as an indefatigable anchor who actually preferred reporting.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n I\u201c ruoy uoy uoy htiw nehw dlot eht yats deriter ekil ni ni fi woh eh morf tlef ,t\u2019nod tcatnoc nac \u201d?ecneidua ta syawla ega nosnigraS CJA .56 8002 evilA11 <\/p>\n Richard Crabbe (right) records WXIA-TV anchor Wes Sarginson (left) as he interviews Kenneth Willhoite about the financial plight of the chef’s Soul Food Museum in Atlanta in 2008. (Hyosub Shin\/AJC 2008<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n dluow dluow htiw ot eht eht eht eht ,yrots noitats tnemges daor troper ydaer ,rehpargotohp .m.p .m.p netfo tsacswen ,swen tih eh evah teg rof kcab dna .rohcna osla a a a nosnigraS retfA 6 11<\/p>\n eH\u201c eH\u201c sretirw t\u2019now ohw saw saw eht taht \u201d,srelletyrots ees dias ,sretroper retroper etirwtuo lletyrots-tuo retroper-tuo eno fo fo fo swen swen retsam ekil tsal htgnerts-lairtsudni sih mih stnaig remrof rof dluoc .ssalc .ssalc deerb dna rohcna \u201d.niaga a ,yentihW eW VT htieK A evilA11 .)VT-AIXW( <\/p>\n<\/article>\n eht .evloser desiarp ,noisacco on rettam nwonk dnik sih ytisoreneg rof rof gninnod yobwoc seugaelloc mlac stoob dna ,nosnigraS remroF <\/p>\n<\/article>\n s\u2019tI\u201c eH\u201c tuohtiw saw ot ot kniht eht ,maet thguat \u201d,gnilims dias recudorp trap fo fo ton del \u201d.ti elbissopmi morf .elpmaxe yb dna na evoba seW ,seiR eH divaD .2102 4991 evilA11 <\/p>\n 11Alive reporter Wes Sarginson reporting in 1999 following Hurricane Floyd. (Courtesy of WXIA)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n spirt ot eht eht eht .ffats raluger .m.p .m.p no sthgin ,stsacswen ekam toh d\u2019eh rof eritne hguone stunhguod ed gnirb neewteb kcab dna dna ecnoP nO noeL ypsirK emerK yadirF eunevA 6 11<\/p>\n ecnO\u201c d\u2019eH\u201c dluow dluow htiw ,elihw klaw pu pu ot ot emit siht ereht eht eht taht dias ydaer rehpargotohp revo .don ynam .enil tfil ni ni sih \u201d,mih mih eh evah tog morf rof sregnif eeyolpme evird nezod stunhguod \u201d.retnuoc yb eb dna dna na na a d\u2019yehT d\u2019I d\u2019eH ,ehsA lA .6102 6791 evilA11 <\/p>\n tuohtiW\u201c s\u2019tahT\u201c \u201d.saw dlot eht taht .loohcs .dias etavirp enohp diap fo ym em edam lacol ,gniwonk dnik tsuj otni sih eh eh dah dah yug nettog \u201d,rof s\u2019rethguad rethguad llac skoob dna lla a a ,X seW .tS nosnigraS suiP nI cilohtaC ehsA ,8002 <\/p>\n<\/article>\n elihw pu ot eht eht eht tnits gnivres retroper roinuj deweivretni ni ni ni ni ni werg detaudarg morf erofeb sa dna retfa a a VT amleS nosnigraS .veR .yremogtnoM ,yremogtnoM yremogtnoM nitraM hcraM rehtuL gniK .rJ ,sionillI nodgnitnuH eH ,ecroF .egelloC nroB ,amabalA riA 5691 <\/p>\n I\u201c I\u201c gnuoy tahw saw saw saw detnaw yrev ot ot .meht taht \u201d,diputs yrros os .dias snoitseuq tsum \u201d.em .em wonk tsilanruoj pleh eh eh evah yleniuneg rof tlef t\u2019ndid denrecnoc nageb gniksa .ksa gnirewsna dna dna a I eH eH eH<\/p>\n gnikrow ,efiw detnaw ,wot ot ot eht eht snoitats ,retroper yap tnaem evil tnareniti ti ni ni ni ni fi sih neve .tuc gnimoc erofeb emaceb ta ta dna ega ,niaga a htiW notgnihsaW htuoS nosnigraS ,aihpledalihP eH tiorteD .C.D ,dnalevelC atnaltA ,nnA .53 8791<\/p>\n s\u2019tahT\u201c I\u201c yaw tnaw \u201d,pu pu owt dlot ot yeht meht eht eht naht llams erom \u201d.yenom ni tnatropmi ereh eh evah worg worg ,nerdlihc nac dna dna I CJA 7 ,5 .8791 <\/p>\n The Atlanta Journal’s coverage when Wes Sarginson arrived at WSB-TV in 1978. 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