Long-time KDKA-TV reporter John Burnett has died. KDKA officials say Burnett, who was seventy-one, died of complications from suspected Chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Burnett was hired by KDKA in 1982 as the new co-host of Evening Magazine. Burnett was a native of Knoxville, Tennessee, but came to be a much-loved Pittsburgher. In 1985, he also began co-hosting Pittsburgh 2Day. And, when both Evening Magazine and Pittsburgh 2Day ended in the early 90′, Jon returned to his roots as a weather forecaster. He retired from KDKA IN 2019. (Photo: Courtesy of KDKA Facebook Page)