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Obituaries
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Bob Pinkerton, 90, dies
Mar 1, 2023
Bob Pinkerton, a giant in the world of community newspapering and a pillar of his own community in Kimball, has died. The former Western Nebraska Observer editor and publisher died Jan. 22 at the age ...
James B. Boone Jr., former publisher of The Tuscaloosa News, dies at 87
Mar 1, 2023
James Buford Boone Jr., who followed his father James Buford Boone Sr. into the newspaper business, and whose extended family has expanded into a country-wide publishing business, has died at 87.
Journalist, historian William ‘Bill’ Kinney Jr. dies
Mar 1, 2023
Veteran journalist, historian and civic leader William Light “Bill” Kinney Jr., 89, of Bennettsville died peacefully at his family antebellum home, Magnolia, under the loving care of his daughter, ...
Robert ‘Bob’ Kerr, 1959-2023
Mar 1, 2023
Longtime Command Information Officer and Fort Leavenworth (Kansas) Lamp Editor Robert “Bob” Kerr passed away Jan. 23, 2023, following a short but fierce battle with cancer — although ...
Longtime newspaper publisher Bob Moody remembered for his grit, kindness, dedication
Feb 1, 2023
LA GRANDE, Oregon — Bob Moody was lying flat on his back in a hospital bed when he was asked to become publisher of The Observer in 1974.
Media investor, philanthropist Arthur H. Kern was an owner, publisher of Ark
Feb 1, 2023
Arthur H. Kern, an entrepreneur who co-founded radio conglomerate American Media and served as co-owner and co-publisher of The Ark in Tiburon, California, for more than a decade, died Nov. 16, 2022 ...
Rhonda Humble, 1956-2022
Feb 1, 2023
Rhonda Kaye Humble, 66, of Olathe, Kansas, peacefully passed away Sept. 24, 2022, at Olathe Medical Center.
Steve Robertson, Waccamaw Publishers founder, remembered for commitment to local news, family and community
Feb 1, 2023
Stephen Wayne Robertson, 70, of Horry County, Florida, died after heart complications on Dec 31, 2022.
Tom Bell, 1942-2022
Feb 1, 2023
Thomas “Tom” D. Bell, former fifth-generation publisher of the Ladysmith (Wisconsin) News, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, at Our House Memory Care in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.
