FARGO (KFGO) – Award-winning local broadcaster Doug Hamilton has passed away after a battle with cancer.
Hamilton, a longtime Fargo TV news anchor, was part of the Peabody Award Winning News Team at KFGO during the 1997 flood.
Hamilton was also active in the Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre, was the communications director at Minnesota State-University-Moorhead, and joined Prairie Public Radio in Fargo following his retirement from MSUM.
Hamilton was 72 years-old. He is survived by his son, Ben. His daughter, Ashley died in a car crash near her home in Spokane, Washington in December 2020.
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