Anchor and Emmy Award-winning journalist Chauncy Glover has died unexpectedly at the age of 39.
Chauncy joined the KCAL News Anchor Team in October 2023 after spending eight years in Houston as the first Black male lead anchor at KTRK.
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For the past year, he co-hosted the 5 and 11 p.m. newscasts with Pat Harvey and shared the desk with Suzie Suh at KCAL News at 8 and 10 p.m.
Although his love for journalism appealed to him at an early age, Chauncy has always focused on the communities he served, whether through his stories or his outreach.
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“We, Sherry and Robert Glover, along with Chauncy’s beloved family, are devastated by the unimaginable loss of our beloved Chauncy,” the Glover family wrote in a statement. “He was more than a son and brother: he was a beacon of light in our lives and a true hero to his community.”
It was this passion as a true southern gentleman that inspired Chauncy to create a mentorship program while working for WDIV in Detroit. After witnessing the death of a teenager on the street, he started ‘The Chauncy Glover Project’ as a practical, comprehensive mentoring program that helped transform teenage boys into upstanding gentlemen.
The program focuses on dressing for success, masculinity, etiquette, readiness for college, tutoring, public speaking, community service and more. The CGP Gents and Young Gents are 7-12th graders who met with Chauncy and other mentors twice a month for empowerment sessions and enrichment outings.
Chauncy moved the program to Houston after moving there to anchor at KTRK. CGP has proudly sent more than 350 boys of color to college and mentored more than 1,000 young men.
“Chauncy’s compassion and dedication to helping others, especially through the Chauncy Glover Project, has changed countless lives and inspired so many young men to pursue their dreams,” his family wrote. “His talent, warmth and vision left an impression on all who knew him, and the world is darker without him.”
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While the three-time Emmy Award-winning journalist began his professional career at WTVM News in Columbus, Georgia, he was bitten by the news bug at an early age. When he was just five, Chauncy’s father built him a mini anchor desk for the news broadcasts he would do for his family every Sunday after church service in his hometown of Athens, Alabama.
Chauncy worked in Florida, Georgia, Michigan and Texas before joining KCAL in California.
Chauncy also had a passion for theater and appeared in several national and off-Broadway plays. One of his proudest moments came when he was asked to honor the late civil rights activist Rosa Parks by singing at her funeral in Montgomery, Alabama.
Chauncy traveled the country as a motivational speaker, hoping to inspire the next generation of journalists.
“While we grieve this profound loss, we are comforted by the outpouring of love and memories shared by those who knew Chauncy as the passionate, gifted soul that he was,” the family wrote. “We kindly ask for privacy as we mourn and honor his incredible legacy. He was taken from us far too soon, but his impact will be felt forever.”
