CBS Producer Katie Spikes Useless at 53 After Most cancers Battle – E! On-line

The CBS group is mourning the lack of one in all their very own.

Katie Spikes—an Emmy-winning information producer and 60 Minutes story editor—died after a five-year most cancers battle on July 25, the community has introduced. She was 53.

Earlier than becoming a member of their broadcasting group, Spikes labored a expertise producer for CNN’s Larry King Reside in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles.

Throughout her three many years at CBS, she gained Emmy Award for her contribution to CBS Information’ protection on Princess Diana‘s 1997 dying, with the group noting that helped land interviews with a variety of celebs together with former President Barack Obama and Michael Phelps, in keeping with the group.

Spikes is survived by her dad and mom, sister, husband Donald, sons James and Owen and stepson Brandon.

“60 Minutes has misplaced a really pricey good friend and colleague,” govt producer Bill Owens mentioned in a July 27 statement. “Katie was such an vital pressure on the ninth flooring [home of 60 Minutes] that it’s onerous to place into phrases. She was the relentless optimistic power that everybody sought out.”