Diane Ronnau, a longtime CBS News producer, died July 23 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. She worked as a producer in many news shows on the channel. Ronnau was best known for her work on 48 Hours and the CBS Evening News.
Ronnau spoke about her pancreatic cancer diagnosis and determination to fight it in a 2007 interview with CBS’s Sandra Hughes. Prior to the aforementioned interview, the senior news producer was diagnosed with cancer and had been battling the condition for 15 years.
Ronnau appeared to be a cancer survivor, according to CBS News correspondent Joy Benedict who paid tribute to her on Facebook. Her message, however, implies that Ronnau’s pancreatic cancer has been cured.
Everything you need to know about Diane Ronnau
Not much is known about Diane Ronnau’s life before she joined CBS. Ronnau joined CBS in 1990 and has worked there for nearly 32 years, according to her LinkedIn profile. Ronnau worked for CBS for three decades, producing such series as 48 Hours and the CBS Morning Show. Her LinkedIn profile said she was a senior news producer and lived in Los Angeles, California. In addition, she occasionally produced CBS Sunday Morning. CBS reports that:
“For the past 20 years, she has worked as a producer for the CBS Evening News, covering issues from the legal and political sectors to medical and scientific breakthroughs.”
Diane Ronnau was also involved in recent coverage of the court verdict and sentencing of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd, according to the news network’s online publishing portal. Ronnau was said to have created certain parts of the coverage.
Ronnau was nominated for a 2018 Primetime Emmy in the category of “Outstanding Breaking News Coverage in a News Program” for the network’s coverage of the Las Vegas tragedy. Ronnau was nominated as a member of the team responsible for creating and broadcasting the aforementioned feature on two programs, CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley and CBS This Morning.
Diane Ronnau’s fight against pancreatic cancer
The late CBS News producer didn’t talk much about her 15-year battle with pancreatic cancer. During a 2007 interview with Sandra Hughes, Ronnau described her reasons for keeping quiet about the disease. The native of Los Angeles told the presenter:
“The fact is, sometimes you do things because you have to. I’m not well, but I also have obligations. I have a family, I work and I have to do these things. As much as I was worried about getting sick, I really wanted to get on with the rest of my life, which I’m pretty dedicated to.”
She then said:
“The cancer decided not to identify me. I decided to identify myself as a working mother.”
Ronnau had stage IV pancreatic cancer, according to numerous tweets after her death. Joy Benedict Ronnau’s memorial on Facebook said that the late journalist was survived by her children, Ben and Aiden.
After the news of Diane Ronnau’s death, condolences are pouring in.
As CBS confirmed her untimely death, many well-wishers and colleagues of Ronnau flocked to Twitter to pay tribute to the late news producer. Moreover, many of her colleagues mentioned that she survived cancer for 15 years. Still others applauded her work at CBS.
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