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From: Steve Wiltsie
Date: February 1, 2021
Subject: Checking in with Mike Blake
According to the AFVN website, Mike Blake was a SP4 at Nha Trang and Saigon in 1969. Since returning home, he has been an on-air personality here at the Evansville, IN TV channel WFIE-14.
Last August, Mike and his wife Jenny got COVID-19. Mike was in the ICU for about 5 days and is OK, Jenny was there for about 50 days and passed away.
Today Mike will return to live TV for the first time since taking ill. He has a weekday program called Midday with Mike. Normally it is a one-hour show beginning at noon but today it will be a half-hour starting at 12:30. I have a feeling he will be discussing his ordeal with COVID. I just wanted the AFVN group to know about this so if anyone was interested in watching a former AFVNer, they could do it. The channel is available on several streaming media platforms. They also put the live news on their website but I don’t know if the Midday with Mike show is included with those. The website is https://www.14news.com/
Later,
Steve Wiltsie
From: Doug Jennings
Date: February 1, 2021
Subject: Checking in with Mike Blake
Mike lost his Wife to Covid
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