Beloved WABC Anchor Bill Ritter steps away from the anchor desk; reveals Alzheimer’s diagnosis

NEW YORK (WABC) — Longtime Eyewitness News anchor Bill Ritter announced on Friday he is stepping away from anchoring after he was diagnosed with early stage Alzheimer’s.

Ritter, who has anchored the 6 p.m. newscast since 2001, said Friday’s broadcast would be his last as an anchor at WABC-TV.

“After a series of tests, my doctors have told me I have Alzheimer’s,” Ritter revealed during Friday’s Eyewitness News at 6. “It’s ‘early stage’ Alzheimer’s, and they say the treatments I’m getting are keeping it at bay. For now. But there is no guarantee, because there’s no cure yet for Alzheimer’s. So,