Longtime Channel 12 Anchor Mike Anderson Dies At Age 67

MILWAUKEE, WI — Veteran television journalist and journalism advocate Mike Anderson died Tuesday morning. He's best known for his three-plus decades as an on-air personality on WISN-12.

According to a story published Tuesday morning by the station, Anderson, 67, died Tuesday morning surrounded by family.

Anderson worked for 36 years at the popular Milwaukee-area television station, serving as both a reporter and news broadcast anchor. Anderson retired in 2017.

Wisconsin Lieutenant Gov. Mandela Barnes offered his condolences online this morning. "Mike became somewhat of a mentor to me. Cant even count the times he was on hand to give advice or just talk when I saw him at the Y. This is an incredibly tough loss," Barnes wrote.

Fellow journalist Ben Wagner mourned the loss of his friend in the business. " Mike was such a light in our newsroom and in this community. He was so welcoming to me and other new journalists. I feel blessed to have known him. Rest easy, Mike," he wrote

According to Anderson's bio on WISN 12, before coming to the station, "Mike worked as a news anchor and reporter at KIRO-TV in Seattle. He began his professional career as a radio journalist, crossing into television news, while working in Birmingham, Ala. Mike attended Louisiana State University and the Career Academy School of Broadcast Journalism."

Anderson made Brown Deer his home, and leaves behind three children.

A cause of death was not reported.

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