Mario Machado, whose career spanned several decades as the first Asian American newscaster in Los Angeles, died over the weekend from complications of pneumonia. He was 78: Mario Machado, LA's 1st Asian-American Newscaster, Dies At 78.Machado, who won eight Emmy Awards as a longtime news anchor and reporter, was the nation's first prominent Chinese American newscaster and the first in the Los Angeles market.
His broadcast career dates back to the 1960s, when he was a reporter on the CBS affiliate that is now CBS2 in Los Angeles, as well as other local stations:
