Wendy Reiger, a reporter for NBC4 Washington died on Saturday morning.

She was fighting with brain cancer, at the age of 65.

Previous year, the anchor announced that she went through a brain surgery in order to remove the tumor.

The treatment started after being diagnosed with Glioblastoma.

Several months later, she experienced heart surgery to fix two heart conditions.

She took retirement in December.

Following the news, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser declared Wendy Rieger Day on December, 17, 2021, in the district.

She was an actress in Norfolk. When she took on a job as a news reader in the ‘70s, she was advised by a station colleague to ‘sound’ like a news person.

“You know, serious,” her colleague told., “Like Walter Cronkite.”

She graduated from American University with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism.

She joined NBC4 as a reporter in 1988.

She also worked in CNN, WAMU, American University Radio, and WTOP.

NBC4 stated on its website:

“A note from the News4 family on the passing of Wendy Rieger.

We lost our smart, vibrant, wonderful Wendy Rieger today.

Wendy loved life as much as it loved her. She had so many passions and lived life sharing them with everyone she could. For more than 30 years, NBC4 Washington viewers benefited from her unique style that blended humor, intelligence and compassion, and we are all better for knowing her.

Wendy was diagnosed with brain cancer almost a year ago. She had surgery and treatment, then retired in December with an intent to savor the rest of her life and start a new chapter. Her cancer returned aggressively several weeks ago, and she died this morning, holding the hand of her husband, Dan.

We send our love to Dan, who was a colleague of ours for decades, and to her brothers, nieces and nephews and many, many friends.”