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George Esper, 79 (1932 - 2012)
RICHARD PYLE, The Associated Press George Esper, the tenacious Associated Press correspondent who refused to leave his post in the last days of the Vietnam War, remaining behind to cover the fall of Saigon, has died. He was 79. Esper died in his sleep on Thursday night, his son, Thomas, told the AP on Friday. Esper suffered from a number of ailments, especially serious heart issues, and...
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Conrad Fink, 80 (2012)
RUSS BYNUM, The Associated PressConrad Fink, who taught generations of young journalists at the University of Georgia after a career as a foreign correspondent and executive for The Associated Press, died Saturday in Athens, Ga., at age 80.Fink had been battling prostate cancer that had returned two decades after successful surgery and was admitted to a local hospital for treatment last week,...
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Richard Threlkeld, 74 (1937 - 2012)
FRAZIER MOORE, The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Richard Threlkeld, a far-ranging and award-winning correspondent who worked for both CBS and ABC News during a long career, has been killed in a car accident, CBS said.The 74-year-old Threlkeld died Friday morning in Amagansett, N.Y., and was pronounced dead at Southampton Hospital. He lived in nearby East Hampton. Threlkeld spent more than 25...
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Andrew Viglucci (2012)
The Associated PressALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Andrew Viglucci, the longtime editor of Puerto Rico's San Juan Star and an early colleague of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist William Kennedy, has died. He was 84.Viglucci died Saturday from complications of Alzheimer's disease, an upstate New York funeral home said.Viglucci graduated from Albany High School, served in the Navy during World War II and...
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Charles Waldo Bailey II, 82 (2012)
The Associated PressMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Charles Waldo Bailey II, former editor of the Minneapolis Tribune and co-author of the Cold War thriller "Seven Days in May," has died of complications from Parkinson's disease, his daughter said Thursday. He was 82.Bailey died Tuesday at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, N.J., his daughter Victoria Bailey said."He was a newspaperman. He was a...
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Jim Huber, 67 (2012)
The Associated PressATLANTA (AP) — Turner Sports says longtime broadcaster Jim Huber has died. He was 67.The cable network says Huber died Monday in Atlanta. A cause of death was not immediately...
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Andre Coe, 36 (2011)
The Associated PressDALLAS (AP) — Andre Coe, a former editorial assistant in the Dallas bureau of The Associated Press and the cooperative's regional news desk in Phoenix, died Friday. He was 36...
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Louis Silverstein, 92 (2011)
The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Times art director Louis Silverstein, who helped modernize the Times and was credited with influencing newspaper design nationwide, has died at...
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Tom Wicker, 85 (1926 - 2011)
DAVE GRAM, The Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vermont (AP) — On Nov. 22, 1963, Tom Wicker was in the first press bus following John F. Kennedy's motorcade when the president was assassinated....
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Oscar Griffin, Jr., 78 (2011)
BETSY BLANEY, The Associated Press LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Oscar Griffin Jr., whose investigation of swindler Billie Sol Estes won a 1963 Pulitzer Prize for the small Texas newspaper where he...
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Christopher Ma, 61 (2011)
The Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Christopher Ma, a new-media pioneer who pushed The Washington Post Co. to launch the free daily Express tabloid, has died. He was 61.Ma's wife, Nathalie...
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Stanley Wright Case, 59 (2011)
The Associated PressBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A longtime anchor with CNN Radio is dead after a car crash in Alabama.Authorities say 59-year-old Stanley Wright Case of Atlanta died in a head-on...
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Alex Ibru, 66 (1945 - 2011)
The Associated PressLAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Alex Ibru, the publisher of Nigerian newspaper The Guardian and a harsh critic of late dictator Sani Abacha, has died. He was 66.Ibru's newspaper, which he...
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Robert H. Estabrook, 93 (2011)
The Associated PressSALISBURY, Conn. (AP) — Former Washington Post opinion editor Robert H. Estabrook, who reported from more than 70 countries as a foreign correspondent, has died in Connecticut....
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Barbara Grier, 78 (1933 - 2011)
BILL KACZOR, The Associated PressTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Barbara Grier, a founder of what once was the world's largest publishing house of literature about gays and lesbians, has died. She was 78...
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Hal Bruno, 83 (2011)
The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hal Bruno, the longtime political director for ABC News and a political analyst who hosted a weekly radio program, has died. He was 83. Harold Bruno III...
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Andy Rooney, 92 (1919 - 2011)
DAVID BAUDER, The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Andy Rooney, the curmudgeonly commentator who spent more than 30 years wryly talking about the oddities of life for the TV news magazine "60...
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Elizabeth Winship, 90 (2011)
The Associated PressMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Boston Globe writer whose syndicated "Ask Beth" column enabled teenagers and parents to get frank and detailed advice on how to deal with sexuality in the...
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Robert C. Pierpoint, 86 (1925 - 2011)
ANDREW DALTON, The Associated PressLOS ANGELES (AP) — CBS News correspondent Robert C. Pierpoint — who covered six presidents, the Korean War, the Kennedy assassination and the Iranian hostage...
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Ed Reinke, 60 (2011)
JANET CAPPIELLO, The Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Ed Reinke didn't think of his job so much as taking photos, but rather as creating them. When the award-winning Associated Press...
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Murray Light (2011)
The Associated PressBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Murray Light, an old-school newspaperman who spent 50 years at The Buffalo News, the last 20 as editor, died on his 85th birthday in his Buffalo home.A...
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Miguel Ángel Granados Chapa, 70 (1941 - 2011)
The Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Well-known columnist and democracy advocate Miguel Angel Granados Chapa has died in Mexico City, according to the newspaper that published his column for...
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Howard H "Tim" Hays, 94 (1917 - 2011)
The Associated PressST. LOUIS (AP) — Howard H "Tim" Hays, a former Associated Press board member whose stewardship of a California daily newspaper for a half-century included a First Amendment...
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Linda Stowell (2011)
MICHAEL RUBINKAM, The Associated PressLinda Stowell, a veteran news and business executive for The Associated Press who took up distance running in defiance of her cancer diagnosis and wrote...
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Goksin Sipahioglu (2011)
The Associated PressPARIS (AP) — Photojournalist Goksin Sipahioglu, who founded the photo agency Sipa, has died. He was 84.The agency announced his death Wednesday on its website.Guillaume Delpech,...
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Pat Murphy, 82 (2011)
The Associated PressPHOENIX (AP) — Pat Murphy, a former publisher of The Arizona Republic and The Phoenix Gazette, has died at the age of 82.Murphy ran both newspapers from 1986 to 1989.The Arizona...
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William Ellery McClatchy, 86 (1925 - 2011)
The Associated PressPOPE VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — William Ellery McClatchy, who for years sat on the board of his family's newspaper business and was a Hall of Fame croquet player, died on Tuesday. He...
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Shel Hershorn (2011)
RUSSELL CONTRERAS, The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Shel Hershorn, a photojournalist who captured iconic images of the civil rights movement and of a fatally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald...
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John Curran, 54 (1957 - 2011)
DAVE GRAM, The Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — John Curran, an award-winning journalist for The Associated Press who covered stories from Miss America pageants to the Gulf oil spill to...
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Joseph Mohbat, 73 (1937 - 2011)
The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Joseph Mohbat, a former Associated Press political reporter who served as press secretary for the Democratic National Committee, has died, his wife said Monday....
