Thomas Edwin Jarriel (December 29, 1934 – October 24, 2024) was an American television news reporter who worked for the ABC network from 1964 to 2002.
Later, in 1977, Jarriel co-anchored ABC Evening News on Saturdays for two years, and in 1979, joined the network's newsmagazine 20/20, as an investigative correspondent.
On that show and on several hour-long documentaries, he covered subjects such as the defects in the American criminal justice system, wasteful spending by the United States Department of Defense, and transportation accidents.
[1] Jarriel retired from broadcasting in 2002, but briefly returned the following year to contribute to ABC's coverage of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
[1] Jarriel had a stroke in December 2023, and died from related complications at a care facility in Annapolis, Maryland, on October 24, 2024, at the age of 89.