#DAVE BENTON NEWS ANCHOR TV#
I got a rush of excitement when my first story aired and I thought this is what it must be like."īenton completed radiation therapy for his brain cancer in February, but his remission was short-lived when it came back again.ĭave Benton will be missed by TV viewers and the staff at WCIA-TV. "I wondered what it would be like to uncover stories about the neighborhoods where we lived and share them, so I decided to become a reporter. He says at a very young age he knew what he wanted to be - a news anchor. Benton was born in Buffalo, New York, and moved to Chicago when he was 5-years-old, then later grew up in Addison.īenton graduated from Northern Illinois University with a Bachelor's degree in news broadcasting. On Thursday, the news anchor thanked his viewers for all their support and wants to make the most he can in his final days.ĭave Benton has worked at the CBS affiliate studio for nine years. I am at peace and I know he's going to take care of the days ahead and that the goal here is to have the best ones possible." Benton is announcing on his Facebook page and on TV station WCIA that he is pulling away from anchor duties, due mostly to his ongoing battle with a brain tumor first discovered a year and a half ago. He says that he'll try a new treatment designed to slow the tumor's growth so he can add "a few more days and make them the best they can be." A born-again Christian, Benton said during his on-air announcement that he believes he's in God's hands and He will take care of the days ahead. Longtime area television anchor Dave Bention isn’t calling it a career yet, but he is stepping down from the anchor desk. The anchorman shares that he only has four-to-six months to live, and plans to work as long as he can. Patheos posted the sad news on their site as well. His announcement can be seen in the video below. Benton posted the video on his Facebook page as well. The 51-year-old was honest with viewers about his condition after he'd already had radiation treatment. In short, it's one of those diagnoses that almost everyone has been affected by at one time or another, whether for oneself or a loved one.A news anchor is dying from cancer and told viewers this week that he has just months to live.ĭave Benton, an Illinois news anchor for WCIA-TV News in Champaign, told viewers on Thursday that his cancer has come back, and that his brain tumor is too large to remove or treat with radiation. Benton, whod been at Champaign-based WCIA-TV Channel 3 since 2005. Cancer ranks as the second-leading cause of death among Americans, trailing only heart disease. CHAMPAIGN Former TV news anchor Dave Benton died Tuesday morning after battling a brain tumor for more than a year. And that the goal here is to have the best ones possible.īenton has received an outpouring of support since making the announcement, which is understandable - the American Cancer Society's annual report estimated that over 500,000 Americans will die of cancer in 2014, out of over 1.5 million new cases diagnosed. As you know I am a born-again Christian, I believe that I am in God's hands, I am at peace, and I know that he's going to take care of the days ahead. The goal here is to have a few more days, and to make them the best that they can be in the life that I have.
Now, I've also decided to try a new treatment, it's an antibody treatment, a chemo treatment to slow down its growth. In February, he wrapped up the radiation treatments, but in the intervening months his cancer came back even worse than before - too large to be removed or irradiated further, and likely to kill him within a few months.īasically, my cancer is back and it's too big for surgery and radiation, and doctors have told me that I may have four to six months to live. As BuzzFeed observes, he tweeted a pre-broadcast photo of his own thinning hairline back in January, and let his followers know that he has halfway to the finish line for his chemotherapy. The news of Benton's illness itself wasn't a surprise to local viewers in Champaign - he's been publicly suffering from cancer for a while and has been open about the process.
But in spite of the fear and tragedy that the diagnosis brings, he's facing it with a calm, open demeanor - he told his audience that he's "at peace" while breaking the news, and it's a heartbreaking and inspirational sight. That's why what happened on a local news station in Illinois Thursday is so surprising and evocative: WCIA news anchor Dave Benton revealed he has terminal brain cancer and is facing only a few months left to live. One of the few things that's an assured common bond between all humans beings is also one of the most frightening: the knowledge that we're all going to die someday.
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