Trivia

He and Sandra Marshall were shot in a driveby shooting in October 1983, but soon after made a full recovery.

"The Simpsons" character Kent Brockman is said to be based on Dunphy and fellow L.A. News legend Hal Fishman.

Served as a pilot and bombardier in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II, earning the rank of captain.

Was a well-known newscaster and broadcast journalist in the Los Angeles area, since the 1950s. He began, with Clete Roberts, Bill Stout, Maury Greene, Ralph Story and Bill Keene, the "Big News" concept of television newscasts, at CBS Television in Los Angeles (1960). This revolutionized broadcast journalism and set the standard for television news all over the United States. This pioneered the hour-long local newscast - before this local news was 15 minutes. Jerry was also the father-in-law of former California lieutenant-governor and record mogul Mike Curb.

Anchored newscasts at KNXT-TV (now KCBS-TV), KABC-TV, and KCAL-TV all in Los Angeles, California.

Was the first news anchor to interview Richard Nixon after the Watergate scandal.

Suffered a massive heart attack on May 15, 2002 and was in intensive care at an undisclosed Southern California hospital. He had been a news anchor at KCAL channel 9 in Los Angeles, California.

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6669 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on May 9, 1984.

Following his death, he was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery (Hollywood Hills) in Los Angeles, California. He passed away on May 20, 2002, less than three weeks away from what would have been his 81st birthday on June 9.

Suffered his deadly heart attack on his way to work the week before his death.

Survived by six children: Jerry Dunphy Jr., Karen Dunphy, Linda Curb, Tad Dunphy, Megan Dunphy and Erin Dunphy.