Lo Jelks Age, Wife, Children, a former WSB-TV reporter and Atlanta’s first Black TV

Lorenzo “Lo” Jelks, the first Black television reporter in Atlanta, has died at age 83.

The media milestone was reached when WSB-TV hired him in 1967. He would remain with the station through 1976.

In an Atlanta Journal-Constitution profile last year, Jelks was humble about his role in Atlanta’s television history.

“Once (WSB) took that opportunity of going with someone green like me, someone who had never been inside a television station, I think perhaps that helped with the other stations,” said Jelks, who still lived in the Atlanta area.

“He opened the door for us. He’s my hero,” Monica Pearson, a former Channel 2 Action News anchor at WSB-TV, told the AJC.

Jelks’ family confirmed to Channel 2 on Saturday morning that Jelks had passed away overnight. His family did not comment on the cause of his death.

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