TRAGIC LOSS: With heavy hearts, we announce the passing. When you find out who she is, you will cry

After a long battle with illness, a news anchor who used to work for an ABC affiliate has died. Tanya Spencer, who used to be an anchor on WRTV, died at the age of 53.

Tanya Sumner was better known as Tanya Spencer when she worked as a TV reporter. WRTV, an ABC News affiliate, said she was fighting a cancer that started in her colon and spread quickly.The news anchor passed away on May 24 at her home.