Award-winning broadcaster and former co-host of the Today show Jim Hartz has reportedly passed away aged 82.
It's understood that his wife Alexandra Dickson Hartz confirmed the news, with newsreader said to have died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, known as COPD.
The journalist - who was born James Hartz in 1940 - is said to have passed away last Sunday (April 17) in Fairfax County, Virginia, where he's believed to have lived in recent years.