Leesa Clark Stone is a television journalist and former

news anchor A news presenter – also known as a newsreader, newscaster (short for "news broadcaster"), anchorman or anchorwoman, news anchor or simply an anchor – is a person who presents news during a news program on TV, radio or the Internet. ...

. She originally worked for Honolulu, HI-based TV station

KITV KITV (channel 4) is a television station in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, serving the Hawaiian Islands as an affiliate of ABC. It is owned by Allen Media Group alongside multicultural independent station KIKU (channel 20). The two stations ...

during the 1980s as a news reporter and anchor. Clark was also the reporter for KITV's "Working 4 You" franchise. She later moved to Atlanta, GA in 1990. There, she anchored newscasts on

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from 1990 to 1991 for a period of 18 months. She then moved to Nashville, TN to work for

WTVF WTVF (channel 5) is a television station in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Ion Television owned-and-operated station WNPX-TV (channel 28). WTVF's studios are loca ...

, a

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affiliate station. Stone was married to Hawaii-based comedian

Rap Reiplinger James Kawika Piʻimauna "Rap" Reiplinger (July 16, 1950 – January 19, 1984) was a Hawaiian comedian, whose humor is an integral part of Hawaii today. Biography After attending Punahou School, Reiplinger began performing professionally. In ...

until his death in 1984. In May 2019, Leesa wrote the book "Paradise to Paradise: The Rap Reiplinger Story" about the life of the popular Hawaiian comedian. She is now married to Rich, owner of Stone Productions, LLC, and is living in Nashville. They are parents to two boys.

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