Jovita Moore.Photo: Jovita Moore/instagram
Atlanta news anchor Jovita Mooredied Thursday night, seven months after beingdiagnosed with an incurable and aggressive form of brain cancer.
Doctors had discovered two tumors on her brain earlier this year, after Moore started noticing odd symptoms and nearly passed out at a grocery store.
“I was concerned about why, all of a sudden, I was forgetful, and disoriented. Just not feeling myself, and feeling like I was in a fog,” she said in April.
Moore was diagnosed withglioblastoma, an aggressive form of cancerthat can affect the brain or spinal cord. Though there was no cure for her, Moore underwent radiation and chemotherapy toslow down the cancer’s progress.
Voting rights activist and former Georgia representative Stacey Abramsshared her sadnessat Moore’s passing.
“Today, we mourn the passing of@jovitamoore, who used her voice and platform to highlight important issues impacting Atlantans for more than 20 years,” Abrams tweeted. “May God bless her family, loved ones, and@wsbtvcolleagues in their time of grief.”
RELATED VIDEO: Shannen Doherty Shares ‘Truthful’ Photos of Her Cancer Journey: ‘I Hope We All Find Humor in the Impossible’
Farmer said that the general manager at the station, Ray Carter, told staffers this morning “that scripture says that there’s a time to be joyous, and a time to laugh, and a time to cry. And today we will cry. And we will remember and honor our colleague and friend Jovita.”
Farmer told viewers on Friday that “there is no making sense of a tragic death such as this. It is pain, that is going to stay for a while.”
Jovita Moore.Jovita Moore/instagram
source: people.com
