Former ABC News correspondent Jim Avila dies
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Television journalist Jim Avila, whose real name was James Joseph Simon, died at his home in San Diego, California, on November 12 after a prolonged illness. He was 70, according to the New York Times.
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Homer Avila, a dancer and choreographer who went on to a new career in dance after the amputation of his cancerous right leg and hip, died April 27 in Manhattan, where he lived. He was 48. The cause was the spread of cancer to his lungs, said Ivan Sygoda ...
Jim Avila, an award-winning journalist who was a senior correspondent for ABC News and worked at the news outlet for 17 years, has died. He was 69.