7-12-13
Funeral services for longtime New Orleans sportscaster and award-winning journalist Kenneth Wilkerson are set for Tuesday. Wilkerson died last week in his Pearl River home due to complications from a lingering battle with cancer. Starting in 1997, Wilkerson became a sideline reporter for WWL?s broadcasts of the New Orleans Saints games. He joined WWL 870AM and covered sports for WWL for more than 17 years. Wilkerson shared co-hosting duties on ?SportsTalk? with former New Orleans Saints quarterback Bobby Hebert. Prior to that, Wilkerson was the sidekick to Buddy ?D? Diliberto until Dilberto?s death in 2005.
Neck surgery caused Wilkerson to miss reporting for a while, and he was then diagnosed with cancer in April 2012. He began to suffer medical setbacks, and his family says he died peacefully at his home. Wilkerson is survived by his mother Judy M. Colgan, his father Pat Wilkerson, three brothers, five stepsisters and one stepbrother. Wilkerson is also survived by stepfather Larry Colgan and stepmother Mary Lou Wilkerson.
