John Cowles Jr., 82, Dies; Led Minneapolis Newspapers

by Bruce Weber, March 19, 2012, The New York Times

John Cowles Jr., a Minneapolis newspaper executive and philanthropist whose support for arts, sports and entertainment helped elevate the Twin Cities' cultural community to national prominence, died on Saturday at home in Minneapolis. He was 82.

The cause was lung cancer, his son Jay said.

(Courtesy of The New York Times)

Ben Bradlee’s Charmed, Charming Life

By David Carr

October 22, 2014

Civilians, people who don’t think the toppling of a sitting American president with newspaper articles is one of humankind’s lasting achievements, will read encomiums to Ben Bradlee like this one and wonder: What’s the big deal?

Elie Abel, Newsman and Teacher, Dies at 83

July 24, 2004 by Jacques Steinberg

Elie Abel, a former foreign and domestic correspondent at both The New York Times and NBC News who drew on those experiences as dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University in the 1970's, died on Thursday at a hospice in Rockville, Md. He was 83. The cause was pneumonia, said his son, Mark, but Mr. Abel had been in declining health since 1998, when he had a severe stroke. He also had Alzheimer's disease.