Jim Avila, ABC reporter, 69

[danny burstein]

[USA Today[

Jim Avila, former ABC News correspondent, dies at 69 after 'long illness'

TV journalist Jim Avila, a former senior news correspondent for ABC News,
has died. He was 69.

Avila, who also appeared as a correspondent on the ABC series "20/20,"
died after a "long illness," "ABC News Live" anchor Diane Macedo announced
on Thursday, Nov. 13. Additional details on Avila's condition were not
disclosed.

"Jim was an L.A.-based correspondent specializing in politics, justice,
law and consumer investigations for nearly two decades," Macedo said. "He
also worked in the White House and broke the news that the U.S. and Cuba
had reopened diplomatic relations. That story earned him the prestigious
Merriman Award from the White House Correspondents Association."
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rest:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/11/13/jim-avila-dead-abc-news/87249762007/

ABC's own blurb is just a couple of lines

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