The Daily Oklahoman 
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 
October 7, 1988

Brett Johnson has died following a fight with pancreatitis.

Johnson passed today at age 48 following 12 years of broadcasting for NBC5.

Brett died at Baylor All Saints Hospital in Fort Worth, where he was admitted Wednesday after complaining of stomach pain. He was diagnosed with pancreatitis, which led to other complications, his family said. Brett joined NBC 5 in September 1996 after working several years at KDFW-TV Fox 4. He previously worked in Waco, Wichita Falls and Oklahoma City.

He graduated from Eastern Hills High School in Fort Worth and Stephen F. Austin University. He made his home in Fort Worth, the same city where he was born and grew up and seemed to know everyone.

Funeral services at First United Methodist Church in downtown Fort Worth began at 2pm on Wednesday.

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