Frances Buss Buch Dies

Frances Buss Buch, a pioneer of network TV and the first female TV director, has died. She was 92.

Buch died Tuesday at a rest home near Hendersonville in western North Carolina, her great-nephew, Mark Spencer, confirmed Saturday.

"She was presented with an opportunity, especially as a woman, at a time when broadcasting was definitely a man's world. She seized it and had no problem getting in there and mixing it up with the guys," said Spencer, of Northbrook, Ill. "It was that boldness as a woman that led to her success."

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Buch is survived by her sister, Mary Buss Keating, of Hilton Head Island, S.C., nieces, a grandniece, Spencer, and a brother-in-law.

Rest In Peace, Frances.