Dan Lewis (born December 19, 1949) is a former long-time co-anchor and reporter for

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, Washington. He came to

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after working at

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Before that, he had worked at

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, WLKY-TV,

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and

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. His career began at

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after graduating from

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. Alongside his co-anchor and reporter Kathi Goertzen, weather forecaster Steve Pool and sports reporter Eric Johnson, they were the third longest-running tenure out of any anchor team in the United States west of the

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. Until his retirement in 2014, Lewis served as co-anchor for the weekday editions of KOMO 4 News at 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. with Mary Nam. After multiple surgeries for aggressive recurring

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s, Goertzen died on August 13, 2012. In 2002, Lewis and several other KOMO-TV staff members made

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s in the movie '' Life or Something Like It'', which starred

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and

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. He also briefly appeared in the remake of the 1984 film ''

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'' starring

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, and

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Personal life

Lewis has three children: Dan Jr., Kristian, and Tim. Tim is the only child to go into broadcasting school and he was formerly weekend sports anchor for KIMA 29 – KEPR 19 in

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/Tri-Cities from 2004 to 2006. Tim was formerly also weekend sports anchor for KREM 2 in

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from September 2006 – December 2008, then sports director from January 2009 – May 2012, which Lewis's co-worker Eric Johnson held from 1987 to 1989. From May 2012 to June 2016, Tim was the weekend sports anchor/weekday reporter for

, which made him and his dad Dan the second father/son duo on the same TV station, after rival station

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former chief meteorologists Harry and Andy Wappler, before Dan retired from the KOMO 4 anchor desk in May 2014.

References

External links

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Bio page for Dan Lewis at KOMO-TV's website
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