Ron Sailor Sr., a former prominent TV and radio host in Atlanta, died yesterday at age 61.
He died of a heart attack on the way to church.
In the 1980s, Sailor became the first African-American to serve as commentator for the evening news for a major southern television station on WSB-TV and also the first black host of a local afternoon television program,when he hosted “Backtalk” on 11 Alive.
He has been the pastor of Christ the King Baptist Church in Dacula the past two decades.
He is survived by his wife Marion Sailor, their four sons and two daughters.
Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Sailor’s church. Willie A. Watkins is in charge of funeral arrangements.
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