Lynda Cardwell

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Lynda Lee Cardwell (born c. 1961; died March 14, 2024) was a television news personality and communications professional.

Lynda was one of two children born to Kelly N. and Sherry Cardwell. She graduated from Hokes Bluff High School in Etowah County in 1979 and completed a bachelor's degree in journalism at the University of Alabama in 1983. She started her television career at WJSU-TV in Anniston.

Cardwell came to Birmingham in 1986 to accept an anchor role with WBMG 42. In 1989 she moved into radio as an announcer for WMJJ-FM.

Cardwell spent some time as a communications professional for HealthSouth. Through that job she became involved in the Bruno's Memorial Classic and other golf tournaments, and developed a deep interest in the game. In January 1995 she landed an anchor role on the newly-founded Golf Channel's prime time news program "Golf Center" in January 1995.

Cardwell was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis not long after starting that job. She died at Piedmont Health Care in 2024 and is buried at Crestwood Memorial Cemetery in Gadsden.

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