Spinato of Fox Business remembered for his tenacity

Suzanne O’Halloran of Fox Business remembers Eric Spinato, the head booker and senior story editor for the Fox Business Network, who died last weekend from COVID-19. O’Halloran writes, “FOX Business’s Neil Cavuto, with whom Eric worked with early at Fox, was wowed by his ‘tenacity.’ “‘To say Eric was a force of nature was an understatement. […]

Former WSJ Page One editor Mapes dies at 81

Glynn Mapes, a former Page One editor, bureau chief and Money & Investing editor in a 36-year Wall Street Journal career, who then sang opera in his retirement, died on March 17. He was 81. Mapes was one of the Journal’s top editors in the 1970s through the 1990s. While the Journal was known for […]

Fox Business senior story editor Spinato dies from COVID

Eric Spinato, the head booker and senior story editor for the Fox Business Network, died over the weekend, the network said Monday. Oliver Darcy of CNN Business reports, “Spinato’s brother, Dean, wrote on social media that the cause of death had been the coronavirus. “‘COVID took my brother today,’ he wrote. ‘He was a gem and […]

Politico Europe EIC Brown dies at 57

Stephen Brown, the editor in chief of Poilitico Europe and a former news correspondent who reported from Europe and South America for Reuters for more than a quarter-century, died Thursday in Brussels. He was 57. David Herszenhorn of Politico writes, “Brown led POLITICO’s European news operations from January 1, 2019 and oversaw its robust expansion to a […]

Dunbar, longtime Canadian biz journalist, dies at 89

A. Carlyle Dunbar, a longtime business journalist in Canada, died earlier this month at the age of 89. Dunbar was an assistant editor of New Liberty magazine, assistant financial editor of the Toronto Star, and for 30 years held senior editorial positions at the Financial Post. He subsequently freelanced for Investor’s Digest of Canada, Investment […]

Haynes, retired deputy biz editor at Buffalo News, dies at 72

Richard R. Haynes, retired deputy business editor at The Buffalo News, died Feb. 20 at the age of 72 from cancer, reports Dale Anderson of the News. Anderson reports, “For many years, he was responsible for the layout of the newspaper’s financial pages and was instrumental in producing the annual Prospectus business review. “He also oversaw Your […]

Cramer, former Reuters and WSJ journalist, dies at 73

Chris Cramer, who held a senior role at Reuters and was head of video production at The Wall Street Journal, died Saturday at the age of 73. James Hagerty of The Journal writes, “Mr. Cramer, who died of cancer Saturday at the age of 73, helped raise standards for training journalists for dangerous assignments and ensuring […]

Begley, STAT senior writer, dies at 64

Sharon Begley is the senior science writer at STAT, died Saturday from cancer. She was 64. Previously she was the senior health & science correspondent at Reuters from 2012 to 2015, the science editor and science columnist at Newsweek from 2007 to 2011, and the science columnist at The Wall Street Journal from 2002 to […]

Wersich, longtime Indiana biz reporter, dies at 80

Caroline Wersich, a longtime business reporter in Evansville, Indiana, and one of the first female reporters in the city, has died at the age of 80. Mark Wilson of the Evansville Courier & Press writes, “Tuley, who retired as editor and president of the Evansville Courier, said that when he became editor of that paper […]

Longtime CBS News business correspondent Brady dies at 94

Ray Brady, a longtime CBS News correspondent who focused on business and the economy, died Jan. 12 at his home in Manhattan. He was 94. Cynthia Littleton of Variety reports, “Brady spent 28 years with CBS News, starting in 1972 when he joined CBS Radio. He retired in 2000 after 23 years as a correspondent for ‘CBS […]