Longtime NY1 journey reporter Valarie D’Elia died Tuesday following a struggle with ALS, the native station mentioned. She was 64.
The globe-trotting journalist grew to become a well-recognized face to Massive Apple viewers throughout her “Journey with Val” segments the place she would discover town – and remainder of the world.
Throughout a 2010 interview with The Put up, she defined that touring has all the time been part of her household historical past. Within the early 1900s, her great-grandfather began a journey company, she mentioned.
She recalled within the interview that she was often on the street about 60% of the yr.
“Then I get house and I’ve to place collectively the story: have a look at the video that was shot, write the script and edit footage,” she mentioned.
She additionally distributed some helpful recommendation in the course of the sit-down interview.
“Pack mild, overlook the blow-dryer — who desires to fret about all that stuff?” D’Elia had mentioned. “You’ll be amazed at how liberated you’ll really feel!”
D’Elia labored for NY1 between 1998 and 2017, in line with her LinkedIn.
The intrepid reporter has additionally labored for the Journey Channel, HBO and WOR Radio Community, NY1 mentioned.
“She is survived by her husband Ron, and can be missed by her household and buddies,” the station wrote Wednesday.
ALS, also called Lou Gehrig’s illness named after the well-known New York Yankee, is a progressive neurodegenerative illness which has no remedy.
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