A CO-WORKER of the late TV anchor Ana Orsini has opened up on one of the last conversations she had with the journalist.
Orsini died suddenly at the age of 28 following a brain aneurysm.
Ana Orsini suddenly died at the age of 28[/caption]
Tributes have poured in to the meteorologist[/caption]
Tributes have flooded into the reporter, who had been working for the CBS affiliate KOLD-TV since 2023.
Meteorologist Allie Potter opened up on one of the final conversations she had with Orsini.
“We were just talking about eyelashes, and she gave me Advil because my back was hurting,” she posted on Facebook.
“Then the next day, she was gone.”
Potter described Orsini as one of the sassiest and sweetest girls that she knew.
“Literally no words and only tears,” she started her post.
“Still at a loss for words.”
Potter said she was wearing pink in a nod to her late co-worker.
“It’s something Ana would want,” she said.
“RIP Ana, we love you!”
Orsini’s death was announced on KOLD during a December 16 broadcast.
Carsyn Currier held back tears as she announced her colleague’s death.
“Ana has been here at 13 News since June of 2023, and we are devastated by this loss,” she said.
Currier described Orsini as one of her best friends.
KOLD-TV statement
CBS affiliate KOLD-TV shared the following statement about the death of their anchor, Ana Orsini:
“The 13 News Family is saddened to report the passing of our beloved friend and co-anchor Ana Orsini,” the news team shared.
“Ana had been at 13 News since June 2023 and we are devastated by her unexpected passing. She died last week of a brain aneurysm.”
The channel shared a compilation video of some of Orsini’s moments on air.
“Ana’s friends and coworkers remember her as someone with bottomless empathy who always stood up for ‘the little guy,’” the team said.
“She was a smiling face most especially for all her newest and youngest coworkers, and she is known in all the newsrooms where she worked for taking them under her wing and being a strong mentor for both work and life.
“Rescue animals were her passion, and if she wasn’t celebrating Fur Baby Friday, she’d be trying to find a new home for a cutie in need.
“If Ana found out you loved true crime, like she did, she would share the calendar she kept to track the releases of all the new episodes of the best podcasts.
“Her favorite was True Crime Obsessed, and if you spent longer than 5 minutes with Ana without hearing her favorite quote from it, ‘Let the women do the work,’ then something was seriously wrong!
“She was a peanut-butter-M&M-loving, platform-Ugg-wearing, pink-or-purple-Stanley-toting ray of sunshine, even at 4:00 in the morning.”
“Ana was not only beautiful, talented, and hilarious, but she was unlike anyone I’ve ever met,” she said.
“To know Ana was to LOVE her. She made everyone around her feel so special, heard and understood.”
Currier reminisced on how waking up in the middle of the night for work was made easier, knowing she would work alongside Orsini.
“Whether she was dancing around the set or making us all laugh, everyday with Ana was an adventure,” she said.
“Time may pass, but my memories of Ana will never fade.”
Co-anchor Tyler Butler paid tribute to Orsini, describing her as a funny and crazy person.
Just days before her death, Orsini revealed that she had put up her Christmas decorations.
And she had settled down to watch the A&M vs. Texas football game.
“It truly is the most wonderful time of the year,” she said.
Orsini’s friend, Allie Potter said she had ‘no words’[/caption]
