# Bobbie Batista from CNN died at 67 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 3, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobbie-batista-from-cnn-died-at-67/848878 "2020-03-03T17:06:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobbie-batista-from-cnn-died-at-67/848878/1 "2020-03-03T17:06:52Z")
She started out as a news anchor here in Raleigh and was one of the first CNN headline news anchors in early 80s. For some reason she got to be real popular in Poland when on CNN International. She lived around the corner from me for a short time. She came back here to do a newscast for the 50th anniversary of the local station WRAL. [Former CNN anchor Bobbie Battista has died at 67](https://www.wral.com/former-cnn-anchor-bobbie-battista-dead-at-67/18989732/) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobbie-batista-from-cnn-died-at-67/848878/2 "2020-03-03T18:52:37Z")
I remember her well. She seemed like a class act and a decent journalist. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobbie-batista-from-cnn-died-at-67/848878/3 "2020-03-03T18:56:44Z")
FWIW, her name appears to have been Bobbie Battista with 3 _t_s. I don’t know if it’s worth getting a mod to fix. > **[Former CNN anchor Bobbie Battista has died at 67 | CNN Business](https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/03/media/bobbie-battista-obituary/index.html)** > > Former CNN anchor Bobbie Battista has passed away at the age of 67, according to a family spokeswoman. Battista passed away on Tuesday morning after a four year battle with cervical cancer, according to Wendy Guarisco, family spokeswoman. RIP, Bobbie B. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobbie-batista-from-cnn-died-at-67/848878/4 "2020-03-03T19:35:49Z")
I think I remember her best from the old CNN Talkback Live show. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobbie-batista-from-cnn-died-at-67/848878/5 "2020-03-04T06:06:46Z")
Mr VOW was stationed in Germany from '83 to '86. The Daughter and I joined him in '84. Once we moved into Post Housing, we could pick up the AFN TV channel. AFN used CNN for the world news, and at that time period, Bobbi Battista was the anchor. The mention of her name brought back memories of that time. 67 is my age. Yikes! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobbie-batista-from-cnn-died-at-67/848878/6 "2020-03-05T02:57:22Z")
I grew up with Headline News in the 80s. Bobbi was one of my favorites along with Lynne Russell. RIP. Another HN anchor from the era passed away last summer, Bob Losure. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobbie-batista-from-cnn-died-at-67/848878/7 "2020-03-06T14:44:18Z")
RiP Bobbie I kind of crushed on her. Her eyes fascinated me. They seemed to look in different directions. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobbie-batista-from-cnn-died-at-67/848878/8 "2020-03-08T18:33:15Z")
And she definitely had a sense of humor! Check this out: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gEyFH-a-XoQ/hqdefault.jpg "Prague's Kafka International Named Most Alienating Airport") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEyFH-a-XoQ) It is one of the “Onion News Network” videos, and it is GREAT.