Bobby Rivers, an entertainment reporter and television personality on theFood NetworkandVH1, has died.
ABC affiliate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,WISN 12, shared the news about Rivers.
The on-air host joined the station in 1979 as the citys first Black film critic on television.
Bobby Rivers in 2002Jim Spellman / WireImage
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Rivers also hosted a series of Food connection specials with a show titledTop 5.
Sticky buns, deep-fried candy bars, TV dinners and $20,000 cakes.
According to his IMDB page, Rivers also made on-screen appearances on shows likeThe Equalizer,The SopranosandThe Onion.
L-R: VH1 VJs Bobby Rivers, Rosie O’Donnell and Roger Rose in July 1988Catherine McGann / Getty Images
Bobby was more than just a tv personality with several shows he hosted.
Im so lucky to have counted him as a friend for over a decade.
A mutual friend just told me @BobbyRiversTV has passed.
(His piece on race and Its a Wonderful Life was a keeper.)
I miss him already, Whittywrote.
