Philly area folks will know this name by heart: Jim Gardner. I remember watching him as a 7 or 8 year old way back when. Just signed off from Action News for the final time after over 40 years on the air. And he gave one last monologue everyone should see.
He's a Philly - no, national - treasure.
BTS of Jim Gardner's final broadcast.
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Tonight was Jim Gardner's last broadcast at WPVI #6ABC in Philadelphia. For people from outside of that area it's hard to fully capture what that means in this day and age. We'll never see a trusted anchor of his like again. A 🧵
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For anyone who grew up in the Philadelphia area, the end of an era. Somewhere, Gary Papa is raising a glass, along with all of us, to #JimGardner.
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