Howard French, a longtime business reporter at the Journal Inquirer in Manchester, Connecticut, died Friday at age 71 after 34 years at the paper. Alex Wood of the Journal Inquirer writes, “French had been the...
Russ Lynch, who wrote an estimated 30,000 business news stories in his 37-year career with the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, has died at the age of 79. Lynch, a New Zealand native, retired from the paper...
John Stancavage, who was business editor of the Tulsa World from 1996 to 2013, died Friday at the age of 59. Tim Stanley of the World writes, “Stancavage had a 37-year association with the Tulsa...
Warren Brown, who covered the auto industry for more than 30 years for The Washington Post, died Thursday from kidney disease complications at the age of 70, reports Adam Bernstein of The Post. Bernstein...
Peter Rowe of the San Diego Union-Tribune writes about former UT business reporter Bruce Bigelow, who died last week at the age of 63. Rowe writes, “At the Union-Tribune, Bigelow was known for in-depth business coverage....
Bruce Bigelow, a journalist for tech news site Xconomy in San Diego, died after a brief illness at the age of 63. Bob Buderi, Xconomy’s editor in chief, wrote, “We are a close-knit team despite...
Longtime automotive industry reporter Christine Tierney died last week at the age of 60 from Parkinson’s disease. Tierney covered the auto industry for nearly 20 years from Paris, Frankfurt and Detroit, winning awards for breaking news...
Warren Watson, who was executive director of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers from 2009 to 2014, died Sunday at the age of 67. Watson had been suffering from complications related to...
Lewis Nolan, business editor of the Memphis Commercial-Appeal from 1978 to 1984, died Monday at the age of 74. Tom Bailey of the Commercial-Appeal writes, “By 1978, he was appointed business editor. That didn’t stop...
M.S. Van Hecke, a longtime business editor and business columnist at the Charlotte Observer, died on Saturday at the age of 89. Van Hecke graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1948 and then began his...
