Legendary ABC News anchor and reporter Tom Jarriel, who rose to prominence for his coverage of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Richard Nixon administration, has died, his family announced Thursday.

He was 89 years old.

Jarriel’s storied career spanned nearly 40 years after joining the network in 1965, covering the assassination of MLK three years later.

By 1969, he was promoted to chief White House correspondent, covering President Nixon and then President Gerald Ford. according to an ABC News obituary.

A decade later, he became the anchor of ABC’s Weekend Report and then joined the channel’s upstart news show, “20/20,” where he reported on criminal justice reform and went toe-to-toe with leaders across the country.

He also made a series of reports about the situation of orphans in Romania that Jarriel called “the big and defining story of my career”, according to ABC News.

In his more than 20 years on “20/20,” he won numerous awards, including six Emmys, ABC News reported Thursday.

He retired in 2002.

The broadcasting legend is survived by his wife of 57 years, Joan, and three sons.

“We honor the depth and breadth of Jarriel’s 38 years at ABC,” the network said.

“We celebrate his sense of fairness, his integrity, but above all, his humanity.”