CBS 46 Anchor Amanda Davis Dies After 'Massive' Stroke (UPDATED)

ATLANTA, GA -- A longtime, popular news anchor metro Atlanta residents have spent decades watching deliver the day's headlines has died a day after suffering a "massive, spontaneous" stroke, the local broadcast station said.

Amanda Davis, who suffered the medical emergency Tuesday while waiting to board a plane at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, passed away Wednesday night at an area hospital, CBS 46 News said.

"Her family is asking for privacy at this difficult time," the station said. "Amanda's friends and colleagues at CBS 46 are praying for her family.

Davis, an award-winning journalist, anchors during the CBS 46 Morning News and CBS 46 News at Noon shows. Before joining the station, she spent 26 years at FOX-affiliate WAGA, CBS said on its website.

In 2012, Davis was arrested and charged with DUI after driving the wrong way on Piedmont Avenue in Midtown Atlanta, a charge she was later cleared of by a Fulton County judge, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Following that arrest, however, she retired from the FOX affiliate and officially joined CBS 46 earlier this year. In 2016, she did a three-part series with CBS 46 where she admitted she was an alcoholic and talked about her personal struggles.

She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Clark Atlanta University and has one daughter. She is also the recipient of several prestigious awards, including the Edward R. Murrow Award, nearly a dozen Southeast Regional Emmys, Georgia Association of Broadcasters Gabby Award and the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists Pioneer of the Year Award, CBS 46 notes.

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