The reporter covered major events from 9/11 to the D.C. sniper attacks over the course of his decades-long career.

Renowned NBC news reporter Derrick Ward’s death at the age of 62 has left the media world in deep shock. Upon hearing the news of his passing, his colleagues and close pals took to social media to pay their respects to the iconic reporter.

Derrick Ward, a longtime reporter for NBC 4 in Washington, D.C., died on Tuesday at the age of 62. His death was caused by complications from recent cardiac arrest, reported the station, which remembered its colleague as “News4’s resident DC historian and poet.”

NBC Washington reporter Derrick Ward, who has delivered local news in the D.C. area for decades, has died. He was 62.

The D.C. native began as a radio journalist at a number of Washington, D.C. stations before moving to television.

Derrick Ward, a member of the News4 family, died Tuesday following complications from recent cardiac arrest. He was 62. A native of the District of Columbia, Ward grew up in Marshall Heights and the H Street Corridor in Northeast.