Aaron Brown, a veteran television news anchor, former Minneapolis radio host and a key media figure during the reporting of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, has died.

Aaron Brown, a longtime anchor for both ABC and CNN died Sunday at 76, the latter network reports. He was most famed for his live reporting on 9/11.

Aaron Brown, the former CNN and ABC anchor renowned for his coverage of 9/11 and founding host of ABC's "World News Now," died Sunday at the age of 76, his family told CNN. No cause of death was given.