Jim Avila, a former senior correspondent with ABC News and central figure in Dakota Dunes-based Beef Products Inc.'s landmark $1.9 billion defamation suit against the network and Avila, has died at the age of 69 after a “long illness,” the ... .
Jim Avila, a veteran ABC News correspondent whose investigative reporting earned him some of broadcast journalism’s most prestigious awards, has died after a lengthy battle with illness, the network announced.
TV journalist Jim Avila, a former senior news correspondent for ABC News, has died ... Avila, who also appeared as a correspondent on the ABC ... Additional details on Avila's condition were not disclosed.
He spent almost two decades at the network, covering a wide range of court cases and the White House. He was also at the center of a defamation lawsuit over “pink slime.” ... .