Aaron Brown, a veteran television news anchor, former Minneapolis radio host and a key media figure during the reporting of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, has died.

Aaron Brown, a longtime anchor for both ABC and CNN died Sunday at 76, the latter network reports. He was most famed for his live reporting on 9/11.

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