Beloved Washington, D.C. news anchor Wendy Rieger dies of brain cancer at age 65

A beloved Washington, D.C. news anchor died on April 16 at the age of 65, a year after revealing that she had been diagnosed with glioblastoma.

Wendy Rieger co-anchored the 5 p.m. NBC4 news broadcast in Washington, D.C. for 20 years, and had been with the station for another 15 years before that. 

Tributes have poured in from many of her colleagues, as well as local figures like Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.

Rieger was diagnosed with with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor, in May 2021.

Glioblastoma has no cure, with treatment including surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. The…