13 News remembers Ana Orsini
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - The 13 News Family is saddened to report the passing of our beloved friend and co-anchor Ana Orsini.
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.
While there is no perfect way to remember the life Ana led, we want to honor her by sharing some of our favorite Ana moments with you in the above video.
Ana’s friends and coworkers remember her as someone with bottomless empathy who always stood up for “the little guy.” 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.
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As a journalist, Ana was a writer, and she wrote the following about herself in her station biography:
There are many places Ana once called “home,” but she always knew Arizona was where she wanted to end up. Born and raised in Denver, Colorado, she started her college career at the University of Arizona. After a semester, she traded in the mountains for the plains, graduating from Texas A&M in 2018. With a degree in journalism and a double minor in communication and sports management, Ana was always passionate about making sure the viewers had all the information they needed to keep themselves and their families safe.
Before coming back to Southern Arizona, Ana was in Medford, Oregon, where she spent three years as a morning and midday anchor. She did everything from covering major wildfires to helping shelter pets find their forever homes. Her career began in 2018 in Lubbock, Texas, where she worked as an anchor/reporter - covering everything from Texas Tech basketball to a months-long investigative series on a bridal shop scam. The highlight of her time in Texas was launching a “Pet of the Day” segment, where she also helped local shelter animals.
When she wasn’t at work, you could always find Ana playing fetch with her own rescue dog, Harley, catching up on all things true crime, or reading a good book by the pool. In the fall, she would always spend her Saturdays watching college football and cheering on the Aggies or her sisters’ alma mater UCLA.
The Orsini family says they want Ana to be remembered for the bright, sunny person she was. If you would like to do something in Ana’s memory, please donate to your local animal shelter – Ana never met a dog she didn’t love!
Please respect the Orsini family’s request for privacy at this time and direct any inquiries to News Director Jessica Bobula.
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