NYC News Veteran Retires After Revealing Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

Bill Ritter, a 76-year-old longtime WABC anchor who has led New York’s evening newscasts since 1999–2001, announced his retirement after revealing early signs of Alzheimer’s disease. He will step away but plans to continue reporting on the illness and its impact on patients and families, including care costs and policy considerations. Ritter notes treatments are keeping the disease at bay for now, but there is no cure, and he follows his father’s battle with Alzheimer’s as roughly 7 million Americans live with the condition.