alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 22, 2018 Ernie Palladino, who covered the New York Giants for 20 years for the Journal news, writing a pair of books about the team along the way, and who worked for WFAN.com the past seven years, has died. He was 63. https://wfan.radio.com/articles/news/ernie-palladino-former-giants-beat-writer-and-wfan-columnist-dies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 23, 2018 Unconfirmed reports Donald Kaul, a journalist and Pulitzer Prize finalist for his commentary, has died at age 83. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 23, 2018 Food critic Jonathan Gold, who became the first restaurant critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for criticism, has died after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 57. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Sir Creep said: Food critic Jonathan Gold, who became the first restaurant critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for criticism, has died after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 57. SC Think I posted that one into the thread a couple of days ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 23, 2018 15 hours ago, alt obits guy said: Unconfirmed reports Donald Kaul, a journalist and Pulitzer Prize finalist for his commentary, has died at age 83. Now confirmed http://www.kcrg.com/content/news/RAGBRAI-co-founder-Donald-Kaul-dies-488894821.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 24, 2018 Mitch Chortkoff, a journalist who covered the Los Angeles Lakers for more than 50 years for a cross-section of newspapers, has died. He was 78. http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/24140849/long-los-angeles-lakers-reporter-mitch-chortkoff-dies-78 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted August 2, 2018 Author & film critic Leonard Maltin follows in Alan Alda's footsteps and announces he was diagnosed with Parkinson's nearly four years ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JR976evil 906 Posted August 2, 2018 36 minutes ago, alt obits guy said: Author & film critic Leonard Maltin follows in Alan Alda's footsteps and announces he was diagnosed with Parkinson's nearly four years ago. No great shakes 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,976 Posted August 3, 2018 On 02/05/2018 at 07:10, msc said: So he lasts 3 years at Stage IV under the tlc of his girlfriend. Dumps her in Feb, announces he's going to become a priest. Dies weeks later. Who knew shagging would be a better cancer drug than relying on God? Guess the coverage there of his priesthood plans was a sign of things to come, John Underwood has now gotten an eventual Times obit. Though doesn't affect any dead pool to my knowledge. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,472 Posted August 3, 2018 15 minutes ago, Death Impends said: Guess the coverage there of his priesthood plans was a sign of things to come, John Underwood has now gotten an eventual Times obit. Though doesn't affect any dead pool to my knowledge. FFS. QO and all, now all we need to find out is that him and her relationship was a chaste one and I've been completely shown up here! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted August 3, 2018 The QO's not going to do him any good, though, is it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 10, 2018 Dave Swearingen, a former Associated Press bureau chief who led coverage of Indiana’s first execution in more than two decades and the arrests of more than 1,000 demonstrators at the Seabrook nuclear power plant in New Hampshire, has died at age 73. Swearingen died Aug. 1 in Greenfield, Indiana, after a recent bout of pneumonia caused his health to fail. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,527 Posted August 14, 2018 Posting mainly because of the coincidence, but: on the same day that Jim Neidhart died, so did Jim Hart, football writer and podcaster for These Football Times. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted August 30, 2018 Robert Barr, a long-time, London-based Associated Press reporter and editor, has died. He was 71. https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/veteran-ap-reporter-editor-bob-barr-dies-age-57505523 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted September 1, 2018 The Village Voice newspaper ceases operations. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-village-voice-to-shut-down-after-63-years/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,527 Posted September 7, 2018 NME's live editor during its mid-2000s nadir and later of The Times, Pat Long dead at 41. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted September 8, 2018 John Mulcahy, founder and publisher of the Irish satirical magazine 'The Phoenix', has died. He was 86. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/john-mulcahy-publisher-of-the-phoenix-dies-aged-86-1.3621728 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,527 Posted September 17, 2018 Could have sworn we had a mention of former Daily Mail football writer Ralph Ellis on here after he revealed he only had 18 months to live. Anyway, he's dead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted September 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Spade_Cooley said: Could have sworn we had a mention of former Daily Mail football writer Ralph Ellis on here after he revealed he only had 18 months to live. Anyway, he's dead. 1. 18 month (5/2018) clearly WAY off. 2. Note to self: Bike riding useless as fuck for curing prostate cancer. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,227 Posted September 17, 2018 Bill Geist is going on a ‘trip of a lifetime’. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted September 21, 2018 Charles Rappleye, a resolute Los Angeles investigative reporter and editor who wrote critically acclaimed books about historical figures, has died at 62.(Ironically, this is the next sentence -- editor please!) Rappleye, who battled cancer for six years, had been working on a book about little-remembered President Zachary Taylor when he died at home in Echo Park on Saturday. I didn't know Zachary Taylor was alive much less living in Echo Park. SC 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted September 29, 2018 Tony Swan, an automotive writer and editor considered a legend in the car reviewing community, has died. He was 78. https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/profiles/a23512879/tony-swan-legendary-automotive-writer-and-editor-has-died/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted September 29, 2018 4 minutes ago, alt obits guy said: Tony Swan, an automotive writer and editor considered a legend in the car reviewing community, has died. He was 78. https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/profiles/a23512879/tony-swan-legendary-automotive-writer-and-editor-has-died/ He was the automotive writer in the Detroit Free Press for seemingly years. Which means he held quite a lofty position, automotive + Detroit..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted September 29, 2018 4 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: He was the automotive writer in the Detroit Free Press for seemingly years. Which means he held quite a lofty position, automotive + Detroit..... I noticed one of the obits out there for him when I came across his name was from the Detroit Free Press https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/mark-phelan/2018/09/28/detroit-free-press-tony-swan-dies/1460195002/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted September 29, 2018 1 hour ago, alt obits guy said: Tony Swan, an automotive writer and editor considered a legend in the car reviewing community, has died. He was 78. https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/profiles/a23512879/tony-swan-legendary-automotive-writer-and-editor-has-died/ 1. His insurance has to come out and determine if it's a total loss. 2. Tony Swan will be interred at Western Auto Salvage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
