Jim Avila , an award-winning journalist who was a senior correspondent for ABC News and worked at the news outlet for 17 years, has died. He was 69. ABC News president Almin Karamehmedovic announced Avila’s death in a memo to staff Thursday, saying that “a former colleague of ours, Jim Avila, passed away after a long illness.” Avila died Wednesday, Nov. 12, at his home in San Diego, according to his family, CBS News reported . Emily Blunt Details First Movie Audition at 19, Says Director Ran