Avila, 69, died Wednesday at his home in San Diego, his family said. “Jim was a gifted journalist and a generous colleague,” ABC News boss Almin Karamehmedovic said in an email to staff. Jim Avila, a ...

Former ABC News senior correspondent Jim Avila has died at the age of 69 after battling a "long illness," the network announced on Thursday. Avila, who worked as a correspondent on the ABC series ...

Jim Avila, an award-winning journalist who was a senior correspondent for ABC News and worked at the news outlet for 17 years, has died. He was 69. ABC News president Almin Karamehmedovic announced ...