PORTLAND, Ore. — Longtime Portland news personality Jeff
Gianola, who currently is an anchor at KOIN-TV, said he will
step away from television news this year after spending 43
years working in the industry.

The Emmy-winning news anchor announced his retirement 
this evening, July 21, during the 5 p.m. newscast.

Originally from San Diego, California, Gianola first moved to
Portland in 1983 to start working at KATU News.

He co-anchored the evening news broadcasts for several
years in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

The TV sitcom originally aired on NBC from
September 20, 1984, to April 30, 1992.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner (August 18, 1970 – July 20, 2025)

"The Cosby Show" star Malcom-Jamal Warner drowned while vacationing in Costa Rica.

Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Department said Warner
had been swimming on Sunday afternoon at Playa Grande
de Cocles in Limon province when a current pulled him into
deeper waters.

Warner was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. He was raised
by his mother, Pamela, who served as his manager. He was
named after Malcolm X and jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal.

Warner played bass guitar, performing in a band where he
recited poetry over the music.
(FOX NEWS/Wikipedia)

Robin McLaurin Williams was born in Chicago.

            1993

A Comedic actor whose versatile range included "Aladdin’s"
Genie, an alien named Mork and Scottish nanny named "Mrs.
Doubtfire."        

Williams received numerous accolades including an Academy
Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards,
five Grammy Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He
was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2005.

1987

On July 21, 2011, NASA’s space shuttle program completed
its final, and 135th, mission, when the shuttle Atlantis landed
at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.