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FOX 8 Morning Edition honors Nancy Parker. Please join us as we honor our friend. #RememberingNancy pic.twitter.com/10wFBF43OQ

— FOX 8 New Orleans (@FOX8NOLA) August 19, 2019

Just #devastated over the death of our @FOX8NOLA #nola #news #colleague @NancyParkerFOX8 . She was a #talented #awardwinning #journalist, a #devoted #loving #wife & #mother and a #compassionate #colleague. #Rip #prayersforherfamily @lizreyestv pic.twitter.com/Zfo9Funk5U

— Liz Reyes (@LizReyesFOX8) August 17, 2019

Nancy Parker Boyd was not only an amazing journalist for New Orleans, but for me personally- a mentor & friend who taught me so much. Yes about news, but more importantly about loyalty, friendship & family. My heart breaks for her family and all of the amazing peeps at WVUE FOX 8 https://t.co/y0z6J3suZK

— Jennifer Hale (@JenHale504) August 19, 2019

I was fortunate to be in the room when ⁦@NancyParkerFOX8⁩ was honored with a ⁦@SuncoastEmmys⁩ #SilverCircle award in 2018. She was elegant, poised, funny and real. My condolences to her family, friends and colleagues. #RIP🙏 pic.twitter.com/EiYES7wiH9

— Pam Giganti (@PamGiganti) August 19, 2019

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said in a statement: “For more than two decades, Nancy Parker sat opposite John Snell as the FOX 8 co-anchor and gave us the news of the day. She told it to us straight, but with a combination of professionalism, intelligence, warmth and grace we may never experience again. New Orleans did not just lose a five-time Emmy-winning journalist, or a familiar, comforting face on our TV screens. We lost a loving mother of three, a beautiful human being, and an invaluable member of our community.”

Cantrell said Augustus, the pilot, “spent countless hours introducing flying to area youth through the Young Eagles program and Civil Air Patrol. He spent time working with our young people, even dressing as a costumed superhero of his own creation: ‘The Drug Fighter,’ to deliver a message of hope, and to help combat substance abuse.\"

Parker and Augustus “were beloved, one-of-a-kind individuals,\" Cantrell said. \"Our hearts and our love go out to their families and all who knew them.\"

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