Kathy McCampbell Vance is a multiple Emmy Award-winning television producer, director, and former TV executive with experience in production, program development, syndication, community outreach and marketing. Upon leaving that job, she continued to produce special news series and high profile interviews for NBC, for Black Entertainment Television and more. So I asked the producer if I could have some time. But Vance says he didnt run into the DC mayor. Kennedy Rodgers and Vance, creators of the film Hollywoods Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story, will be discussing their documentary and Williams work at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10 in the Hall of Philosophy, as part of the African American Heritage House Chautauqua Speaker Series. George Michael was particularly upset, in part because of their friendship and in part because Michael believed Vance was an integral part of his own success at Channel 4. To this day, according to station sources, there are some viewers who will never forgive or forget that Vance had a drug problem. And that was the way it was with me. .I was great. This time, against the advice of everyone, he insisted that the public be told the truth. In 1987 he married his third wife, Kathy McCampbell Vance, a television producer and former WRC-TV executive. The consultants found that the Channel 4 broadcasts had too many edgesaspects that irritated people. And luckily, I was able to devise something to make it work. He was married to Margo L. Vance (deceased 2014) when he was 19 years old and has one daughter, Dawn, from that marriage. I can handle that. Its one of the oldest 12-step programs in the city, and it has a reputation for attracting really hard-core addicts. And I never knew it was there., My dark side was totally directly aimed at me. See full bio More at IMDbPro Contact Info: View agent, publicist, legal on IMDbPro 2 wins. And I dont think Im the Lone Ranger in this regard. I saw some good men go down and never come back because of trying to wrestle with all those questions.. I felt all those men in my familyUncle Pinky, Uncle Spunky, Uncle Weldon, Uncle Bobbyevery black man in this city, every black man that ever lived was riding on my shoulders. Still, his bosses never told him what to write. But now he has a lot to be happy about. The phone call from Marion Barry threw Jim Vance into turmoil. Directors of Photography West Coast John Simmons, ASC Stephen Farrier East Coast Derek J. Allen. I still felt rejectable.. I joke that I felt like Dr. Death on my way over that morning, with my tape recorder and the other tools of the trade in my briefcase. She also lectures frequently on the subject to architectural and preservation groups. Even though it was beginning to change, they knew I wasnt going to have it easy, and they wanted me to be ready. Its the Cadillac of motorcyclesthe bike Arnold Schwarzenegger rode in Terminator 2. Or my 40th. ONE THING VANCE is not smug about is recovery. I will be off the air for some period, and I am looking forward to returning to work as soon as my treatment at the Betty Ford Center is completed.. [17], Vance lived in Silver Spring, Maryland. You make sure your kids have something to eat if they want it., AT WRC, some colleagues, especially those who had been forced to cover for Vance for so long, were angry at him for blowing so many chances. By now Vances finances had been drained dry by cocaine, but he insisted on taking Bradley to Jean-Pierre on K Street and playing the big shot. Tributes flowed in after news of Vances death spread. And I tell them just like that, not to get down and hip with them, but to make it plain. When he speaks, his opinions are given a lot of weight, not because hes the anchor but because hes Jim Vance.. As a consequence, I developed the total conviction that there wasnt any way in the world that I could ever be addicted to any chemical substance. Often he was moving, even poetic, but his commentaries on race and politics irritated many viewers. Vances co-anchor, Dave Marash, especially his beard, was a third edge. Always have. Until recently, nobody saw our side of it. He moved to Potomac and broke up with Kathy. There is a saying among people trying to recover that where one is too many, 1,000 is not enough. They accepted me. His friends hustled him away, but later that night he heard a description of himself being broadcast on the radio. And I did, and I hated it.. He began teaching English at Strawberry Mansion Junior High School. 1976), two grandsons and one granddaughter. He talked it over with several friends and his wife, Kathy McCampbell Vance, WRC's director of programming, the person whose advice he most values. Now, all this time, in spite of everything they told me at Betty Ford about needing to reinforce my efforts at recovery by attending 12-step groups, I didnt want to bother going. And I really threw myself into my work.. [6] Vance worked as a reporter for WKBS-TV for one year[7] and was later hired by NBC News to report for the network's affiliate Washington, D.C. station, WRC-TV in 1969. Hed stand as close as he could get to speeding trains. We have been friends on a professional level for 20 years, from the time I produced the nightly newscasts at WRC, but for the past five years he has refused a half-dozen of my requests for an interview. The marriage lasted 10 months. Theres a whole bunch of dead folks who did nothing more than I did. I was out of there. Back then, if a girl got pregnant, you married her, he says. He finally hit bottom. Vance, who was one of the first black major news anchors and DC's longest serving television news anchor, co-hosted his 11pm show with his longtime broadcast partner Doreen. According to The Post, Vance was a reporter for the television station for three years before he became news anchor way back in 1972. Among her other awards is recognition from the National Black Media coalition for her contributions as an African American journalist. Nobody could accuse him of not looking cool, with his beard and beret, his Porsche, and his dog, an Akita he called Shogun. And fewer police-blotter stories were assigned. NINE YEARS AGO, Jim Vance was holding a shotgun to his mouth at Great Falls. I dont want to get schmaltzy about it, but as a consequence of not surrendering to those dark temptations, the sun that I see every day is much brighter than Ive ever seen it before. The largest part of my professional life was Vance. And I am not the only or the worst casualty. They would go riding up the sidewalks, down one-way streets the wrong way at 110 miles an hour, never stopping for red lightsI mean it was exciting to ride with those guys., The wreck-chasers, who wore fine clothes and drove fancy cars, would present themselves to the accident victims before the police or anyone else could get there. That night, I came back to the station, did the news, left at 11:30, and instead of turning right out of the parking light, I turned left and went straight to my dealer.. Narrated by Courtney B. Vance. Williams left behind numerous physical testaments to his work and life, which have slowly been gaining more recognition since his death in 1985. 'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); Copyright 2018 Chautauqua Institution Im not sure earth people [non-users] knew how bad off I was. They became good friends and tennis buddies, but romance took a while to bloom. He was subsequently married to Barbara Schmidt-Vance and raised his second daughter Amani.(b. I was afraid to pick up the newspaper. He carried himself like I am The Man, and rightly so. I was livin large, as the saying goes, but I was also very, very unhappy. Vance is an Emmy Award-winning television producer and director, and a former TV executive. Over the years, the couple sometimes appeared at D.C. social gatherings. At Betty Ford, Vance immersed himself in the 12-step self-help program, originally designed for alcoholics. Instinctively, Vance swung back, knocking him out. Vance finds peace out on the water, too. Vance was 75. And I had a sense there were probably a lot of people in the same position I was. And hell kill me for saying this, but he was a crybaby. I did not try to present myself above reproach so nobody would ever be able to say, See, them niggers still dont know how to talk. I didnt want Neil Boggs to be able to say, I told you so. I was still smarting from that. The Mirror Project & Social Justice Links. He was married three times, the final time to Kathy McCampbell Vance, a former television producer. To this day, I dont know why I didnt pull the trigger, but I dont believe it has much to do with me. Chautauqua Institution Chautauqua, New York. But youre not done yet. Chautauqua Institution is a non-profit organization, dependent upon your gifts to fulfill its mission. In 30 years at the station, I never saw anything like it., To make matters worse, Vance had idolized Boggs, collecting his discarded scripts to study the way he wrote. I was one pissed-off black father. And hes pretty bad at forced chit-chat. A lot of guys remember those stairs at Metropolis. He and Michael were told to tone down their act. I used to beat the hell out of myself for not being the best father that the world has ever known, but the proof that I didnt do that badly after all is the fact that I have some absolutely delightful kids. I was perfectly willing to go to some treatment program and clean the lavatories if thats what he wanted me to do. Ushers will be on hand to assist if needed. It was like my chains snapped and I was free. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Biography submission guide. He keeps a 12-foot John Boat on the lake at Airlie Plantation; sometimes hell drive down early in the morning and fish by himself. We goofed. Kathy especially was a rock. He died at 38 from cirrhosis of the liver when his only child was 9. His mother, Eleanor, left her son with her in-laws and an array of aunts and uncles to live and work in Philadelphia, according to the Post. AFTER GRADUATION, Vance got married again, this time to Barbara Schmidt, a fellow Cheyney student and the daughter of a prominent Philadelphia attorney. My English teacher, Mrs. Fowler, whose memory I will cherish for all of my life, would not accept anything less than what clearly was my best effort. Ive long since lost the compulsions and the dreams about using, but I can still ride around certain places or neighboroods and get a feeling deep in my gut that is terrifying. For all the good he feels he can do, 25 years on television is a long time, and Vance, whose contract is up this year, says he thinks hell be ready to move on to something new in four or fve years. Within 60 days, I was out [on drugs] again. "Jim Vance inducted into NABJ Hall of Fame", Rich, Cindy, They had been married for 30 years at the time of his death.". He was Vance, even to his wife. And although Vance didnt plan it that way, there is nothing better he could have done to help his career. Vance, WRC-TV's premier news personality, had emerged from his own bout with drugs four years earlier. 2020, USA, 56 Minutes. And the whole point of staying clean is to help others stay clean. All day long he went to appointments and meetings under Flynns supervision. Veteran Washington D.C. news anchor Jim Vance, the longest serving in the citys history and a pioneer prized for his grace on the air, has died at the age of 75. This makes it hard for him to stomach some of the silly, reactive stories on local news. Jim Vance was truly a Washington icon. She died in 1988, but now, he says, hes made his peace with her. AROUND THE END OF 1982, Vance got a call from Ed Bradley, a rising star at CBS in New York, who told Vance he wanted to come down and have dinner with him. Powered by. We were praying that you would get here. They knew. Family (1) Trivia (3) Kathy McCampbell Vance is an Emmy Award winning television producer, specializing in news, entertainment, and documentary production. Only one white kid ever invited me to his house the whole time I was in junior high and high school, Vance says. He sought treatment daily at the Kolmac Clinic in Silver Spring, attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings at 11 a.m. each day, went to Narcotics Anonymous meetings at night, and began seeing a therapist three days a week. You can tell anybody anything they want to hear. We'll miss you Jim. VANCES FAVORITE ESCAPE is cruising the back roads beyond the Beltway on his Harley-Davidson Fatboy. Jim has a smile and a howdy for everyone, and people feel free to drop by his office to schmooze, smoke, or bemoan the state of local news. Kathy McCampbell Vance is an Emmy Award winning television producer, specializing in news, entertainment, and documentary production. And if I can find a spittoon, I am really at home. He wanted to be a plumber, like his father and his grandfather. I always had some notion that Ill go this far but I aint going no further. Some did less. With no money for babysitters, he used to take Dawn to school with him. When 1979 rolled around, that was when I took my first hit off the pipe. Editor George Artope. PREVIEW. My most dangerous times were after Id done well. Reading that was one of the hardest things Ive ever had to do in my whole life. [3] His father, James Vance Jr., was a veteran of World War II. I guess he was about 3 or 4 before he got hold of himself.. Jim didnt seem to mind at the time, because his grandfather was his main man. The episode frightened him enough that he quit the gang. Little Jimmy, as everyone called him, was raised mostly by his grandparents and his aunts and uncles. In May, he celebrated his 25th anniversary with WRC, prompting an outpouring of tributes. If Fred Couples defines cool on the golf course, Vance did on set. She spent ten years as a producer/correspondent for Chicago Tonight at WTTW-TV, the PBS station in Chicago. McCampbell is so fair-skinnedshe is usually mistaken for whitethat Vance held back. Read More. And theyd come, and maybe Dawn would eat an orange. Vance, WRC-TVs premier news personality, had emerged from his own bout with drugs four years earlier. He would show up looking hung over, and he often seemed listless and bored on the air. Kathy McCampbell Vance is an Emmy Award winning television producer and director, and a former TV Executive.. Kennedy Rodgers is a producer, director and writer who began her career as a reporter for NBC television stations in New Orleans, Cleveland and Chicago. This time his bosses watched him carefully. I had eschewed therapy for a long time, he says. She has a law degree from Howard University and a degree in speech and communications from George Washington University, according to LinkedIn. Until the late 1940s, his neighborhood was mostly white, and he played with kids who had names like Bongiovani and OBoyle. When Vance went back to the station, he was summoned to the office of general manager Fred De- Marco, who told Vance he was suspended. I wanted to kill that son of a bitch, he says, able to laugh at the incident now. I think he wanted to make sure that when Vance came back, he and I were comfortable with each other, which we were. I have been coming into work with my partners here whenever I can, and I shall continue to do that. [13], Vance also received multiple Emmy Awards for Outstanding News Anchor in 1987,[13] 1991,[14] 1997, 1999, and 2011. [23] At the time of his death, Vance was the region's longest-serving television news anchor with more than 45 years at WRC-TV.[23]. On the other hand, here was a human being in the kind of misery you cant know unless youd been there. It was, Let me get through this next 30 minutes.. Hes certainly not the best reader on TV; for 25 years producers have been trying to get him to put more energy into his delivery. Vance was the glue that held them together, attending every strategy session and anchoring hour upon hour of live coveragehis forte as an anchor. An honor to have known & worked with him. Except for English. During Chautauquas nine-week summer season, the, Iconic Chita Rivera to provide Chautauquans with one of final Amp performances in 22, Incoming pastor Rt. And I thought, Lord, give me strength., As it turned out, all Marion really wanted was to ask me about my experiene in treatment, what the best facilities were, and what I thought he should consider doing. Vance spoke openly about drug addiction, went fishing with George H. W. Bush, was consulted by Marion Barry, and helped form a new black elite in Washington D.C., the Post reported. Movies. Its like the struggle I had being comfortable with becoming a reasonably successful black man. They lived at a time before Brown v. Board of Education, when there were places they couldnt go and barriers they had to accept. As time went on, I began to see diminishing borders and fences for myself. Vance was still collecting a salary from the station, but the money went straight to New York, where Liebner saw to it that his rent, his children, and other necessities were taken care of. Thats how it was. Margo pretty much dropped out of Vances life, but he continued to take care of Dawn a lot. That was soso nice.. If I had seen George or Bob or Arch, I would have gone the other way. She recently launched Gumbo Girlz, an interactive journal for middle readers. But the family sat him down at the big round dining room table where all matters of importance were addressed. Even still, Im not sure I accept the notion. His marriages, his battle with drugs, his racial hang-ups, his joys, sorrows, and fearshe puts everything on the table. A private session with the mayor, he knew, would make his own problems public again. Vance attends the daily assignment meeting at 9 a.m.almost unheard of for an anchor who does the 6 and 11 oclock newswhere he is seen as a guardian of journalistic values. Ordinarily at that hour, Vance would have been on his way to a Narcotics Anonymous meeting, but he had gone earlier in the day. Our great News4 and community friend Jim Vance has died. This will be an evening on Zoom showcasing the life work of California architect Paul Revere Williams, also known as the "Architect to the Stars". In fact, Vance was within an inch of having to declare bankruptcy. I will tell them about that shotgun in my mouth. His father, who came back from World War II with a bad drinking problem, died of cirrhosis of the liver when Jim was 9. Kathy McCampbell Vance President at Kamax Productions, LLC Washington, District of Columbia, United States 335 followers 332 connections Join to connect Kamax Productions, LLC Columbia University. None. True, theres more salt than pepper in his mustache these days, and he has gotten a little jowly. One of the uncles took him to the hospital to get the cast off, and when they got home, Jim took hold of the railing and began dragging his bad leg up the steps. Anything you needed, they could fix up for you. I drank it and fell off, and it was a long time before I had a drink again. It was the strangest life, and I wish I could have done it differently, because I spent most of my life being ripped apart., He learned that his thirst for danger was not the exuberance of youth but part of his darker side. He was born in Pennsylvania in hard-scrabble circumstances after his father died and his mother left him to be raised by relatives. He didnt get hurt, which is the main thing. But she did ask him how he planned to pay her back. Beginning at NBC4 Washington as a trainee reporter, in her more than 20 years at NBC 4 Washington, she rose through the ranks as news writer, show producer, executive producer, and ultimately Director of Programming, Community Affairs and Broadcast Standards. Kathy McCampbell Vance is a multiple Emmy Award winning television producer, director, and former TV executive with experience in production, program development, syndication, community outreach and marketing. Like perfect.. But Id buy more. And yes, it does appeal to whatever sense of macho I still have in me. True, they both frequented the smoky, late-night bars on Capitol Hill in the early 80s, places like the Gandy Dancer where people played backgammon till dawn and sometimes did cocaine. Our great News4 and community friend Jim Vance has died. But more than 90 years after Williams became the first Black AIA member, Black membership in the organization was still less than 2%. 1976), two grandsons and one granddaughter. 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