Former WBRZ anchor John Mahaffey dies

BATON ROUGE - John Mahaffey died overnight.Mahaffey is remembered as one of the most popular faces of television in Baton Rouge, leading the WBRZ news team during the Golden Years of TV – from the 1970s until he retired in May 1999. Prior to working at Channel 2, Mahaffey worked as a studio cameraman in Texas and also had stints as a technical director, film director and marketing manager.In the WBRZ studio, Mahaffey is remembered as being the personality that held the news team togeth