Doris Biscoe, a pioneer for African American women TV journalists, died Friday at age 77.
No cause or location was given by WXYZ, which first reported her death.
Biscoe was a nightside reporter, eventually graduating to anchoring the 6 PM evening news.
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In 1995, she moved to anchoring the morning news.
Biscoe also hosted the Learn to Read program, a weekly literacy program at the station aimed at children.
She also played a newscaster in 1987sThe Rosary Murders, starring Donald Sutherland, which was filmed in Detroit.
No information on survivors was immediately available.
