View Post Anchors | ShopTalk WREX Pays Tribute to Anchor Jeannie Hayes After Her Sudden Death By Merrill Knox on Nov. 12, 2012 - 3:30 PM WREX is looking back at the life of Jeannie Hayes, the 29-year-old anchor who died suddenly from complications of leukemia last week (video above). Hayes, the station’s noon anchor, joined the Rockford NBC affiliate in 2005. ...
Anchors | ShopTalk WREX Anchor Jeannie Hayes Dies Two Days After Leukemia Diagnosis By Merrill Knox on Nov. 9, 2012 - 10:24 AM Jeannie Hayes, an anchor at Rockford NBC affiliate WREX, died Thursday from complications of leukemia. She was 29. Hayes was diagnosed with advanced leukemia on Tuesday, according to WREX. “So so much pain. Everything hurts. ...