Ruschell Boone, a respected and Emmy-winning journalist for New York’s NY1, died Sunday following a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 48.
The news was announced Tuesday by NY1 ancho Cheryl Wills, who in an on-air statement remembered Boone as “a member of our staff, as well as a friend and mentor to many.”
After the news was made public, ABC reporter Cefaan Kim of WABC-TV, who worked with Boone for years at NY1, paid tribute to her on Instagram.
“Ruschell Boone was a tremendous human being. Always shining. I’ll never forget how when I got my first on air break at NY1 covering Queens and she was the Queens reporter, how she supported me, guided me, mentored me.