Anne Keefe (February 12, 1925 - December 29, 2015) was an American radio and television broadcaster and talk show host who worked in

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and

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. She had a major role in radio and television for 50 years. The '' St. Louis Dispatch'' described her as a pioneer and a legend. She graduated from Sacred Heart Academy and the

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/ref> She worked at WHAM on the radio and then on television. She also worked at WROC (AM), WROC in Rochester and then

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in St Louis. Early in her broadcasting career she had bit parts in

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s. She appeared as part of journalist panels on C-Span.

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