FARGO (KFGO) – Former Fargo radio and TV personality Ed Schultz has died. He was 64.
A family member tells KFGO News that Schultz died in Washington, DC where he was working for the Russian TV network “RT.”
Schultz was a broadcast institution in Fargo. He was a former host of “News & Views” at KFGO before he started his own nationally-syndicated radio show. Schultz was also a Fargo TV sportscaster and the host of a television news commentary show on MSNBC.
IN THIS PODCAST: KFGO Newsman, Don Haney, reports the news of Ed Schultz’s death during It Takes 2 on Thursday, July 5, 2018.
A statement released by RT said:
“We are devastated by the news of the sudden death of our brilliant anchor, one of the best TV journalists in America, Ed Schultz. W
hen the campaign against RT America began and the channel was forced to register as a foreign agent, Ed set an example for all of us, saying: ‘Let them call me what they want, I am going to speak the truth no matter what’.”
Schultz grew up in Norfolk, VA. He was a standout quarterback at Minnesota State University-Moorhead in the 1970s.
Ed Schultz
(Amy Iler & JJ Gordon are talk-show hosts at 790 AM KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. “It Takes 2 with Amy & JJ” can be heard weekdays 11am-2pm. Follow Amy on Twitter @AmyKFGO. Follow JJ on Twitter @JJGodon701.)
