But God, I loved that baby. He and Margo, his wife, moved into his mothers apartment in West Philadelphia. On another level, as a black man, I was angry, embarrassed, ashamed, and hurtashamed because of what whites would think, and angry because I felt he was giving his enemies such a cheap shot., Contrary to widespread innuendo, Vance and Barry were never pals or fellow drug-users. You can tell anybody anything they want to hear. She died in 1988, but now, he says, hes made his peace with her. pic.twitter.com/AeogiIHo19, Tom Sherwood (@tomsherwood) July 22, 2017. He liked doing things with his hands, seeing the result of his labor. Some did less. Jim Vance was born on January 11, 1942 in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, USA. When I bought that Mercedes, the first six months with that car, each day I threatened to take it back. Or he may haul his bass boat down to the Potomac; he seems to know every inch of the river. For the first time, he would have an inkling of what it felt like to belong. This is a loss for DC.. FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, Vance led a monastic existence, devoting almost every minute of the day to recovery. He could re-apply for his job in six months, DeMarco said, and they would decide then whether hed be taken back. Hes married to a woman he adores. VANCE THRIVED ON THE PACE, but it wasnt enough. The Mirror Project & Social Justice Links. Everybody, including Vance, knew it was his last chance. Then it fades. Often he was moving, even poetic, but his commentaries on race and politics irritated many viewers. Theres a part of me you cant hurt if I have been as honest as I can be. The pain and agony I suffered from using drugs was so terrible I preferred death to life, he says. He was 75 years old. According to her LinkedIn page, Kathy is president of Kamax Productions, LLC, a company for which she does television and video production and media consulting. An honor to have known & worked with him. We want to do more than just a biopic, Kennedy Rodgers, who is the films co-director and co-producer, told the Los Angeles Times in 2020. He was married three times, the final time to Kathy McCampbell Vance, a former television producer. Directors of Photography West Coast John Simmons, ASC Stephen Farrier East Coast Derek J. Allen. Join Facebook to connect with Kathy McCampbell Vance and others you may know. Sad news. . I had contact with him as a journalist, but there never was a history of social interaction or drug use or anything else like that. Before that, she was director of. RIP and condolences to his family, friends & NBC4 family, Chris Kinard (@ChrisKinard) July 22, 2017, So sad to hear of Jim Vance's passing. I was just going all over the place trying to figure out, what does an anchor sound like? Tag: Kathy McCampbell Vance. Dont forget at that time, [Channel 9 anchorman] Max Robinson was still around. Even though it was beginning to change, they knew I wasnt going to have it easy, and they wanted me to be ready. His talk was simply phenomenal, says Diane Albert, a teacher at the Mark Twain School for emotionally disturbed youngsters, where Vance spoke not long ago. One of the uncles took him to the hospital to get the cast off, and when they got home, Jim took hold of the railing and began dragging his bad leg up the steps. Chautauqua Institution Chautauqua, New York. Vance envied the young white reporters he worked withpeople like Bob Kur and Bob Hagerwho could concentrate on their work without worrying how to live with themselves. She worked as a Los Angeles-based correspondent for ABC Network News and was producer/correspondent for Chicago Tonight at WTTW, the PBS station in Chicago. At the same time, I was ashamed and terribly self-conscious, because I realized that I had let loose the dogs of [black] jargon. And along with the fear, I was also trying to figure out how to get the money to get high again.. Vance got arrested a couple of times and was lucky he didnt end up in jail when he punched a policeman who had waded into the middle of a fight and hit Vance in the nose with a two-foot-long flashlight. See more awards Known For Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story Director 2020 Hide all | | Edit Filmography Jump to: Director | Producer Cs just wouldnt do, Vance says. This time his bosses watched him carefully. Vance got $50 a week to live on. In the past he always had to be on the go, doing speeches, doing work, and what not. Read More. The film has also placed in multiple film festivals, both nationally and internationally, and continues to stream on the PBS SoCal website. I had bought one for Amani, who was 4, and it was poorly designed. And of the homes he created for celebrities of stage and screen, most were on land parcels with segregation covenants prohibiting Black people from actually purchasing them. Nobody called him Jimmy or Jim anymore. Little Jimmy, as everyone called him, was raised mostly by his grandparents and his aunts and uncles. Menu. Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. Station management and the higher-ups in New York weighed cutting Vance loose, but Van Messel was adamant that he be given another chance. I had never been nowhere with guns on the table. When he was interviewing Kris Ostrowski for the job of assistant news director that fall, he made sure she met Vance before sealing the deal. Not that Im afraid that going into a certain bar would create temptation. What hes doing now is making time for himself. He doesnt hang out with buddies., Many a time, his wife says, they spend hours together without exchanging a word while Vance tinkers with something like his beloved fishing gear. COLLEGE WAS A TURNING POINT in Vances life, even though he didnt want to go. After he joined, he felt snubbed. Jim Vance was a steady voice who shared the news good or bad with grace. According to LinkedIn Kathy McCampbell Vance started working on 1974, then the employee has changed 1 company and 2 jobs. I also had to figure out how black I was supposed to be. But it never goes away altogether. Trending. He was deeply in debt. Aunt Rett was always chewing him out for not speaking correctly. The point is to manage them, to control them and not let them control you., IT TOOK A WHILE for Vance to regain his standing with the audience. He continued to work at recovery, going to AA or NA meetings every day and continuing to see his therapist. He talked it over with several friends and his wife, Kathy McCampbell Vance, WRC's director of programming, the person whose advice he most values. THE COMMENTARY STRUCK a nerve. Williams left behind numerous physical testaments to his work and life, which have slowly been gaining more recognition since his death in 1985. Powered by. And his stature with the public and his colleagues is at an all-time high. Despite his personal agony at seeing the mayor and his weaknesses stripped bare, professionally Vance was in his element. Kathy McCampbell Vance is an Emmy Award winning television producer, specializing in news, entertainment, and documentary production. Jim, the only male grandchild for some time, was held to exacting standards by his uncles-a proud, hard, macho lot. By then it was the late 60s, and drugs were out of the closet. A short, gruff, no-nonsense guy, Van Messel had checked out doctors and facilities for Vance, accompanied him to Fair Oaks, and now visited him at Betty Ford. And I am not the only or the worst casualty. He was Vance, even to his wife. At age 5, he cleaned copper fittings and carried buckets for 25 cents a week. To own that shame. At that point, when I totally surrendered, is when I guess I began to have a chance.. Flynn asked Vance what he wanted to do. And I really threw myself into my work.. My uncles were all Depression people, he says. Even after that, my drug use was casual, recreational, and it was all funfor another year and a half. Afterwards, we were eating water-ice and pretzels with mustard, fantasizing about the day we would make $15,000. So here I was at 5:30 AM, and my kid was going to be up in 20 minutes. I always had some notion that Ill go this far but I aint going no further. He always needed edge in his life. We are having lunch at La Tomate, a favorite restaurant of his near Dupont Circle, and he stops and points to his outfithis Harley T-shirt and denim jacket. I guess she saw something in me the others didnt, but I dont know how she knew. Except for English. Sad news. Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. At the time of the announcement, Vance said he was undergoing treatment and stayed positive about the outcome. And now with an award-winning documentary from Royal Kennedy Rodgers and Kathy McCampbell Vance, his story is reaching an even wider audience. And that standing ovation sent me right back out into the street. I tried every narcotic substance on the face of the earth. They see some biker guy, and I see both fear and envy in their eyes, which gives me joy. The worst position a human being can be in is to disappoint your child on Christmas morning. He was urged to examine the anger he bore towards whites for the tragedy of his father, who was good enough to fight on the front lines in World War II but was refused admission to the plumbers union when he got back and drank himself to death at the age of 38. I was a baby with a baby, he says. [17], Vance lived in Silver Spring, Maryland. Vance, who was married three times during his life, was married to a former television news producer for several decades. Kathy McCampbell Vance is known for Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story (2020). Family members recall him as a moody, quiet child who played mostly by himself. Currently an independent producer specializing in documentaries and short form productions, she spent most of her career at NBC4 Washington, an NBC Network Owned and Operated TV station. James Howard Vance III (January 10, 1942 July 22, 2017)[1] was an American television news presenter in Washington, D.C. Born on January 10, 1942,[2] Jim Vance grew up in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, a suburb west of Philadelphia. He does what he can, pressing his point with the news director and the general manager, almost always behind closed doors. Its still hurting. He took his knee and slammed it into the back of mine. On January 11, 1986, the suspension was over, and WRC took Vance back. He chafes at the changes he has seen at Channel 4, which has lost many of its most experienced reporters, writers, and producers in recent years. More often they cried and prayed together. But not long after that, I was invited to speak to some guys in a recovery programit might have been on a Thursday night between showsand I went and did it. Jim Vance, a beloved veteran news anchor in Washington D.C. has died. . Chautauqua Institution is a non-profit organization, dependent upon your gifts to fulfill its mission. Vances death was a great loss to the D.C. community, where he served as the longest tenured anchor in its history, with more than 40 years on the air. Its the kind of news nobody wants to hear. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram She told me three things, recalls Vance. Hes known as the Velvet Fist, says reporter Tom Sherwood. Kennedy Rodgers is a producer, director and writer who began her career as a reporter for NBC television stations in New Orleans, Cleveland and Chicago. Even after Liebner took over paying his mortgage and other bills, Vance found new ways to run up debtsand new enemies to fear. Vance and his 8-year-old sidekick became a familiar sight around Adams Morgan. They were so cool., Ultimately, the wreck-chasers would introduce Vance to something far more dangerous than car chases. According to The Post, Vance was a reporter for the television station for three years before he became news anchor way back in 1972. They arrived in big cardboard boxes. I love the people with whom I am privileged every day to do it.. He began teaching English at Strawberry Mansion Junior High School. A friend mentioned that WKBS-TV was searching for someone for their newly started news operation. Last year four friends who had been off drugs or alcoholfor 9, 13, l7, and 22 yearswent back again. I was afraid to answer my telephone. And I never knew it was there., My dark side was totally directly aimed at me. I used to beat the hell out of myself for not being the best father that the world has ever known, but the proof that I didnt do that badly after all is the fact that I have some absolutely delightful kids. In 2014, Jim Vance received the Board of Governor's Award for outstanding achievement and community service. I was perfectly willing to go to some treatment program and clean the lavatories if thats what he wanted me to do. Ill never forget the pain and utter shame of looking people in the eye, which I forced myself to do, and saying good morning or good afternoon. I was convinced I was the scum of the earth, he says. And I remember people telling me I shouldnt go to the bars on 14th Street. I was just comfortable in those places where people did not have a whole lot of pretentions., Kent Amos, who heads the Urban Family Institute and has been friends with Vance for more than 20 years, saw the conflict in the man. Its a film eight years in the making; and for it, Kennedy Rodgers was also recognized by the NAACP with an Image Award Nomination for Outstanding Writing in a Documentary for Television or Motion Picture. And I knew it was only by the grace of God that I had not been humiliated in that way. They gave me a standing ovation. The African-American Denominational Houses (AADHs) mission is to serve as an interfaith community that is woven into the fabric of Chautauqua, and to inspire, and to be inspired by, the Chautauquan values of lifelong learning, civil discourse and exploring the best in human values. The most overt discrimination he encountered was at the hands of other blacks. The kid could hang. Currently, Karen is working on a memoir of her two grandfathers, Paul R. Williams, Architect, and civil rights leader, Dr. H. Claude Hudson. I dont tell them not to do drugs or not to drink. That was the one class I could go to where I wouldnt feel like maybe I dont belong here.. They could remember when abusing blacks was Saturday-night sport. "When the Tube Goes Black". And for some reason, God didnt choose to spare them. Four months later, his first child, Dawn, was born. If you've lived here for decades, you understand. Then he would do a David Brinkley or a Howard K. Smith. But the family sat him down at the big round dining room table where all matters of importance were addressed. I share with them the horror of my life. I felt no shame. We talk about two of the biggest issues of today. And there was no guarantee hed come back., One person who believed otherwise was Van Messel. Sometimes, he and Vance would dream about their futures. But I had to resolve how to be comfortable with what I was doing, and Jesus, was it ever a struggle. I didnt know that I hated myself, that I spent all of those years trying to live down to my expectations of myself while at the same time trying to live up to everybody elses expectations for me. But on that occasion when I did it, something happened. Both Kennedy Rodgers and Vance have years of experience in television and broadcasting. I tell them how hard it is to shake. Beginning at NBC4 Washington as a trainee reporter, in her more than 20 years at NBC 4 Washington, she rose through the ranks as news writer, show producer, executive producer, and ultimately Director of . He sought treatment daily at the Kolmac Clinic in Silver Spring, attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings at 11 a.m. each day, went to Narcotics Anonymous meetings at night, and began seeing a therapist three days a week. The next day, it would be Eric Sevareid. A year later, he had five offers from bigger and better stations, including WRC. I would make a couple of zip guns or zappers the same night I had done well on an SAT test. The station responded by replacing Dave Marash with Doreen Gentzler, who quickly proved popular with the audience. There was a part of me that was determined to kill me. Jim Vance, Actor: The Event. Williams left behind numerous physical testaments to his work and life, which have slowly been gaining more recognition since his death in 1985. One of the things I treasure most about what Ive learned is that concept of taking one day at a time. One day he came in and I kind of had the blues. [3] His grandparents and family raised him while his mother, Eleanor, lived and worked in Philadelphia. When I voiced those feelings, I did not try to use the best language. She has a law degree from Howard University and a degree in speech and communications from George Washington University, according to LinkedIn. But youre not done yet. 2020, USA, 56 Minutes. It was literally carfare, he says, because at that point, I didnt have any cars. And I did, and I hated it.. Well, what he said was, Whatcha gonna do, Bro? He died on July 22, 2017 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. I never in my life, for 40-some years, had the notion that I deserved good things. Today I jump in, put the top down, and ride around with the biggest grin you can imagine.. In sports, I was expected to be a starter on all the teams I played on. Sometimes he left at the end of the 6 oclock show and didnt come back at all. Im a reporter, he says. In 30 years at the station, I never saw anything like it., To make matters worse, Vance had idolized Boggs, collecting his discarded scripts to study the way he wrote. I can certainly see it as arrogance now, but at the time, I really felt I was representing the entire race. I tell them how liberating it is to be able to forgive myself for something I might have done wrong. [22] Vance died in his sleep on July 22, 2017. And hell kill me for saying this, but he was a crybaby. He put it into the trunk of his car and drove out to the Maryland side of Great Falls. I was in a panic. The anchor was honored in June at the unveiling of the @benschilibowl mural. I had it scripted, but all of a sudden, when I changed my mike and stood up there, I lost any concern about Cronkite, Brinkley, and all the rest of them. At age 52, Vance still has his driving, restless energy. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Biography submission guide. He keeps a 12-foot John Boat on the lake at Airlie Plantation; sometimes hell drive down early in the morning and fish by himself. I like places with wooden floors and the smell of whiskey. And they were all scared to death for me. The marriage lasted 10 months. Learn more about the wife, children and other family of Jim Vance, the veteran Washington D.C. news anchor who died on July 22. I figured, whats the use of bawling him out? . The Washington Post called Vance the dean of Washington news anchors.. That night, I came back to the station, did the news, left at 11:30, and instead of turning right out of the parking light, I turned left and went straight to my dealer.. The other thing that terrified me when I would come back to work at 9 or 9:30 was seeing the light in the general managers office. Having decided to cooperate with the profile, Vance, an all-or-nothing kind of guy, holds nothing back. Now Barry was on the phone. A private session with the mayor, he knew, would make his own problems public again. It was miserable., Vance had been advised not to leave town for treatment, and it was hard. He died on July 22, 2017 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Not long afterwards, Amani, Vances second daughter, was born. Im trying to think, how the hell did I get through a day like that? I didnt know anybody except these two guys I went in with, and I was scared to death. People accept somebody being down and dirty, if you will, if they think you are being honest. One, because I knew what he must be suffering. He was married to Margo L. Vance (deceased 2014) when he was 19 years old and has one daughter, Dawn, from that marriage. He died at 38 from cirrhosis of the liver when his only child was 9. His mother, Eleanor, left her son with her in-laws and an array of aunts and uncles to live and work in Philadelphia, according to the Post. Riding it brings him peace of mind, freedom, anonymityand something he still cant entirely resist, the thrill of danger. And that when I drank, it was because thats what the cool people were doing, and I really wanted to be cool. He would show up looking hung over, and he often seemed listless and bored on the air. Movies. You can see a photo of Vance and Kathy here and here. [3] Vance earned a Bachelor of Science degree in secondary education from Cheyney University, a historically black university in Cheyney, Pennsylvania. When the [printing] run was done, I would take the papers back to South Philadelphia, then go open up the gas station at 6 oclock and wait for the day guy to come on., He just couldnt let it go, recalls Barbara Vance, who lives in Washington and runs a speakers bureau. I was fighting back tears the whole time because I wasnt sure hed ever come back, she says. AFTER GRADUATION, Vance got married again, this time to Barbara Schmidt, a fellow Cheyney student and the daughter of a prominent Philadelphia attorney. I got evidence. It was a horrible life.. If I could do this every day of my life, this is all you would ever see of me. Van Messel took me to some little caf on Connecticut Avenue, and there was Vance sitting at a table, reading a book, says Ostrowski. I had eschewed therapy for a long time, he says. When I finally discovered marijuana, I really didnt like it. Vance was the glue that held them together, attending every strategy session and anchoring hour upon hour of live coveragehis forte as an anchor. I would go weeks, even months at a time, and then Id be gone for two days. And it was always accompanied by the feeling, Everyones got to see through me. It was in 1974, at Christmastime, and the popular toy at the time was the Barbie Doll House. . I love the people with whom I am privileged every day to do it.. A DC news legend and a cherished member of our NBC family. Sometimes he would stop to talk to somebody on the way in, and Amani would head for the bar on her own, where they served her Shirley Temples. At Betty Ford, Vance immersed himself in the 12-step self-help program, originally designed for alcoholics. You gotta let somebody else handle it. And almost to placate my friend, whos here trying to save my life, I say, Okay, Ill do that.. With no money for babysitters, he used to take Dawn to school with him. He was born in Pennsylvania in hard-scrabble circumstances after his father died and his mother left him to be raised by relatives. PAFF Co-directors Royal Kennedy Rodgers and Kathy McCampbell Vance's Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story is a nonfiction biopic about the African-American talent who rose to become. In 2011, the Washingtonian reported, "A father of three, Vance has been married to former. On July 22, Vances station announced that he had died. He and Barbara packed up their 67 Camaro and headed for DC. When I saw him lying there on ground, I thought, Oh my God, Ive killed a cop.. , As an anchor, Vance felt even more pressure to be a faultless role model. I would get so much advice, mostly from well-meaning blacks, about where I should go and what I should wear and what I should do.. For the first two years, Vance tried on a variety of role models to see what fit. [11] Vance earned 19 Emmy Awards, one of which was for his coverage of the 1977 Hanafi Siege of three buildings in downtown Washington, D.C.[12] He also won an Emmy for his coverage of the January 1982 crash of Air Florida Flight 90 in the Potomac River that killed 78 people and a Metrorail train derailment the same day, which killed three people. [3] "When my old man died, I was convinced that it was my fault. During the course of her more than twenty years there, she served as Writer, Producer, Executive Producer, and ultimately Director of Programming, Community Affairs and Broadcast Standards. After having spent five years in therapy, he says, he finds it easier to open up. I never was an everyday user, but I was a hell of a binger. Teachers could always get a job. I saw some good men go down and never come back because of trying to wrestle with all those questions.. Only one white kid ever invited me to his house the whole time I was in junior high and high school, Vance says. 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