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Ryan Fahey

News anchor slurs and stumbles over words as she has stroke on live TV

Tragedy struck over the weekend when a US news anchor had a stroke live-on-air.

Julie Chin was sharing details of NASA's cancelled Artemis-I launch off her teleprompter for NBC affiliate KJRH in Tulsa, Oklahoma when she began slurring and repeating her words.

As she passes the show over to weather forecaster Annie Brown, she says: "I'm sorry, something is going on with me this morning."

"And I apologise to everybody. Let's just go ahead and send it over to meteorologist Annie Brown", she adds.

Supporting her colleague, Ms Brown says: "Julie, we love you so much. We have those days."

On Sunday, Ms Chin revealed she had been admitted to hospital where doctors told her she'd suffered the "beginnings of a stroke" while reading the news.

News anchor Julie Chin was told by doctors that she'd suffered the "beginnings of a stroke" while reading the news over the weekend (KJRH)

"The past few days are still a little bit of a mystery, but my doctors believe I had the beginnings of a stroke live on the air Saturday morning," she wrote on Sunday, September 4.

"Some of you witnessed it first-hand, and I'm so sorry that happened. The episode seemed to have come out of nowhere. I felt great before our show.

"However, over the course of several minutes during our newscast, things started to happen.

"A little bit later my hand and arm went numb. Then, I knew I was in big trouble when my mouth would not speak the words that were right in front of me on the teleprompter."

But she added that her tests have since come back "great", the Daily Star reports.

Fans have since sent their well-wishes to the reporter via social media following the incident.

One person wrote: "Prayers to you, beautiful. How scary that must have been!"

Another added: "Julie, so glad you are okay!! Continued prayers to you! You have the best community surrounding you! We love you girl!"

A third said: "Thank you for sharing your update. You have been in our thoughts and prayers."

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