Joel Daly, longtime ABC 7 news anchor, dead at 86 - Chicago Tribune

Shortly after Joel Daly arrived in Chicago in 1967, he was paired at the WLS-Ch.

In so doing, they influenced a generation of television news personalities.

But Daly would lead a life beyond the cameras that defied easy categorization.

After leaving television he became information officer of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and wrote a fine and lively biography, “The Daly News: A Life on Television News” (Eckhartz Press).

Daly is survived by daughter Kelly and two granddaughters, as well as a sister Pat Kraus