A TV news station in Tucson, Arizona, is in mourning the sudden death from one of its young anchors.
KOLD 13 News announced 28-year-old Ana Orsini died unexpectedly last week from a brain aneurysm.
“Ana Orsini, you were one in a billion; wise beyond your years, full of practical insight, smart, compassionate, quick-witted and possessed of an infectious love for animals,” Dan Marries, an evening anchor at KOLD 13 News, wrote in a post on Facebook.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the Orsini family at this incredibly tragic time. As a parent, I cannot even imagine their pain and anguish with the sudden, unexpected and tragic loss of Ana,” Marries added. “Her positive impact on those around her will last a lifetime. Ana, you are and will be deeply missed.”
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KOLD 13 News confirmed that 28-year-old anchor Ana Orsini died suddenly last week from a brain aneurysm. (Ana Orsini TV Facebook)
“Literally no words and only tears. Still at a loss for words,” Allie Potter, a weather forecaster at KOLD with Orsini, wrote in a tribute.
“Last week we lost a beloved member of our KOLD news team. Ana Orsini was our anchor, a leader of the morning team, and most of all, a great friend to so many at the station,” co-host Cory Kowitz wrote in a post on X.
Orsini had been part of 13 News since June 2023, the outlet reported.
“Ana’s friends and colleagues remember her as someone with bottomless empathy who always stood up for ‘the little guy,’” the station wrote, accompanied by a tribute video. “She was a smiley face, especially to all her newest and youngest colleagues, and she is known in all the newsrooms where she worked for taking them under her wing and being a strong mentor for both work and life.”
A local television news station in Arizona is mourning the death of its “beloved” 28-year-old anchor, Ana Orsini. (Allie Potter Facebook)
Orsini’s biography, which has since been removed from the station’s website, read: “There are many places Ana once called ‘home,’ but she always knew Arizona was where she wanted to end up.”
According to her biography, Orsini was born and raised in Denver, Colorado, and started her college career at the University of Arizona. After one semester, Orsini transferred to Texas A&M and graduated with a degree in journalism and a double minor in communications and sports management.
Orsini posted a photo of her twin sisters in UCLA cheer uniforms on her Facebook page and called her home a “house divided.”
Ana Orsini says her house was a house divided because her twin sisters cheered at UCLA and her parents attended the University of Arizona. Ana died last week at the age of 28 from a brain aneurysm. (Ana Orsini TV Facebook)
“HOUSE DIVIDED. My sisters (yes, twins!) both went to UCLA. My parents both went to the University of Arizona. That means I will be the official tiebreaker this weekend. Who do you think I will be for rooting? ” Orsini wrote.
After graduating, Orsini began her TV career in Lubbock, Texas, where she worked as an anchor/reporter. She also spent three years in Medford, Oregon, as a morning and afternoon anchor.
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Colleagues of 13 News anchor Ana Orsini (Ana Orsini TV Facebook)
The 13 News staff said her family wants Orsini “to be remembered for the smart, sunny person she was.”
“To know that Ana would love her,” Carsyn Currier, a co-host of Orsini’s, wrote in a post on Instagram.
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“She made everyone around her feel so special, heard and understood. Waking up in the middle of the night to go to work is always challenging, but knowing I was going to work with Ana made it much easier.
