Kenneth Leon Jones (June 9, 1938 – May 13, 1993) was an American television journalist, actor, reporter and news anchor.
Regina is the granddaughter of William Nickerson Jr., co-founder of Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Together Ken and Regina Jones had four sons, Kenneth, Jr., Kevin, Keith, Kory, and one daughter Karen.
He worked as a production assistant for the West Coast edition of the Huntley-Brinkley Report from 1963-65 which he left to become a regular newscaster for KRLA radio in Pasadena, a position he held until 1967 when he was hired as a feature reporter, then was promoted to weeknight Anchor at KTTV-TV in Los Angeles where he received an Emmy Award for a one-hour news special, The High Cost of Health Care May Be Hazardous To Your Health.
Ken worked as a reporter and weekend anchor at KNXT, now KCBS-TV Los Angeles, in 1980.