Get Elizabeth Vargas Some White Sage

Is there a curse at ABC News?

Considering the luck of the last few ABC World News Tonight anchors, newly appointed co-anchor Elizabeth Vargas might want to give the ABC News studios an aura cleansing.

Vargas' "World News Tonight" co-anchor Bob Woodruff suffered injuries over the weekend by a roadside bomb in Iraq. He remains in critical condition, along with his cameraman.


Woodruff was hired (with Vargas) to replace the late Peter Jennings, who stepped down from his anchor duties after being diagnosed with cancer.


Prior to Jennings being the sole anchor three other men rotated in the World News Tonight anchor chair at various times in the 70's and 80's. All left under unfortunate circumstances.

Frank Reynolds had a rare form of cancer and died in 1983.




Max Robinson had many disagreements with management, and after leaving ABC died of AIDS in 1988.







Bob Young suffered head injuries from an accident and was only at the anchor desk for five months (not even enough time for there to be any trace of him on the internet...no photo anywhere. Poor fella).





Vargas' husband, singer Marc Cohn, was shot recently, but we think this is unrelated. Or is it?






(Story from Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC)