前CNN和亚特兰大新闻主播Valerie Hoff DeCarlo, 62岁, 死于肺癌。 Former CNN and Atlanta news anchor Valerie Hoff DeCarlo, 62, died from lung cancer after a public controversy over a racial slur and breast cancer advocacy.

Valerie Hoff DeCarlo, 前CNN和亚特兰大地区新闻主播, 62岁死于肺癌。 Valerie Hoff DeCarlo, a former CNN and Atlanta-area news anchor, has died at 62 from lung cancer. 她于1990年至1999年在CNN工作, 后来又在亚特兰大的WXIA-TV工作, 直到2017年辞职, She worked at CNN from 1990 to 1999 and later at WXIA-TV in Atlanta until her 2017 resignation following a controversy over her use of the N-word in a private Twitter exchange. 这起事件是在讨论一名同事使用种族污点时发生的,她在嘲笑中重复了这一点。 The incident occurred during a discussion involving a colleague’s use of a racial slur, which she repeated in jest. 她道歉,称该行为为“令人难以置信的愚蠢”,并在辞职前被停职,导致解决了违反合同的诉讼。 She apologized, called the act “incredibly stupid,” and was suspended before resigning, leading to a settled breach of contract lawsuit. DeCarlo自2013年起成为乳腺癌幸存者,是提高对乳腺癌认识的大声倡导者,并被人们铭记为一位敬业的记者和忠心耿耿的母亲。 DeCarlo, a breast cancer survivor since 2013, was a vocal advocate for breast cancer awareness and remembered as a dedicated journalist and devoted mother.