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.

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Richard Baker, 68, professor who hald Pulitzer post, dies

By Peter Kihss

September 4, 1981

Richard T. Baker, a professor of journalism at Columbia University for 34 years and retired secretary of the Pulitzer Prize Board, died of cancer yesterday at his home in Manhattan. He was 68 years old.

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Eugene C. Patterson, Editor and Civil Rights Crusader, Dies at 89

By Robert D. McFadden

January 13, 2013

Eugene C. Patterson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning editor of The Atlanta Constitution during the civil rights conflicts of the 1960s and later the managing editor of The Washington Post and editor of The St. Petersburg Times in Florida, died on Saturday in St. Petersburg. He was 89.

(Courtesy of George Mason University)

Roger Wilkins

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Thomas Winship, Ex-Editor of Boston Globe, Dies at 81

By Douglas Martin

March 15, 2002

Thomas Winship, who as editor of The Boston Globe for two decades propelled the newspaper to regional leadership and national stature, in part through tireless coverage of the court-ordered school busing that split the city in the 1970's, died yesterday in Boston. He was 81 and lived in Lincoln, Mass.

He had been under care for lymphoma at Massachusetts General Hospital, said his son Laurence.

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James Reston, a Giant of Journalism, Dies at 86

By R.W. Apple Jr.

December 7, 1995

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6— James Reston, former columnist, Washington correspondent and executive editor of The New York Times, died tonight at his home here. He was 86.

The cause was cancer, said his son Thomas.

(Courtesy of The Washington Post)

William Raspberry dies at 76: Washington Post columnist wrote about social issues including race, poverty

By Matt Schudel

July 17, 2012

William Raspberry, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Washington Post whose fiercely independent views illuminated conflicts concerning education, poverty, crime and race, and who was one of the first black journalists to gain a wide following in the mainstream press, died July 17 at his home in Washington. He was 76.