Crain’s New York’s Flamm dies at 70
Matthew Flamm, a longtime reporter at Crain’s New York Business who covered transportation, technology and cannabis, passed away Jan. 2 after a nearly two-year battle with brain cancer at the age of 70. Aaron Elstein of Crain’s New York writes, “Flamm wrote for the New York Post and the New York Observer before joining Crain’s in 2004, where he stayed until his retirement on Feb. 7, 2020. In […]
Oslund, former Star Tribune assistant biz editor, dies at 70
John Oslund, longtime business journalist at the Minneapolis Star Tribune, died at the age of 70 from Alzheimer’s disease. Patrick Kennedy of the Star Tribune writes, “Oslund, who retired in 2014, attended the University of Minnesota but left in 1977 a few credits shy of his undergraduate degree to become a copy boy at the Minneapolis Star. […]
Smith, WSJ reporter who uncovered Enron misdeeds, dies at 68
Rebecca Smith, a Wall Street Journal reporter who used her in-depth knowledge of the utility business to expose Enron’s financial deceit, died on Dec. 15 from complications of an autoimmune disease. She was 68. Katherine Blunt of The Journal reports, “Smith, who worked at The Wall Street Journal for more than 20 years, was regarded as […]
Finney, longtime Times-Picayune biz reporter, dies at 73
Mary Judice Finney, a business reporter at the New Orleans Times-Picayune for 30 years, died Wednesday at the age of 73. John Pipe writes, “The energy crisis of 1979 hit shortly after she started writing about the oil and gas industry. She kept busy writing front-page stories about developments in that vital sector of the state’s […]
Baltimore biz reporter Postal dies at 82
Arthur David Postal, the financial editor of the old Baltimore News American who had a lengthy career in business journalism, died Nov. 22 at the age of 82. A Baltimore Sun story states, “He later covered business, including events at Bethlehem Steel, McCormick, Perdue and Luskin’s. He wrote about the sale of the Orioles baseball […]
Canadian biz journalist Vandaelle has died
Ian Vandaelle, a business journalist in Canada, has died at the age of 33. His most recent position was a reporter and editor at the Financial Post. He had been a producer at BNN Bloomberg for more than a decade. Previously, he interned at Report on Business, where he copy edited stories and videos to […]
Gardner, former writer of FT’s Lex column, dies at 87
John Gardiner, who wrote the Lex column at the Financial Times in the 1960s and later became a successful businessman, has died at the age of 87. Geoffrey Owen writes, “After graduation, he turned down several City jobs before joining the Prudential as an economist in 1957. From there, he moved to the Financial Times and […]
Breen, first Fast Company editorial staffer, dies
Bill Breen, the first editorial staffer at Fast Company magazine when it started in 1995, died Thursday at the age of 69 due to pancreatic cancer. William Taylor of Fast Company writes, “A few lessons of Bill’s tenure at Fast Company are that no one should ever be too busy or important to be kind, that there is never […]
Taylor, former CNBC anchor and CNN biz correspondent, dies at 59
Felicia Taylor, who was a CNBC anchor and covered business news for CNN, died Sept. 8 at the age of 59. Taylor also worked at the Financial Times. Shannon Donnelly of the Palm Beach Daily News writes, “A true child of Hollywood, her godfathers were John Wayne and John Ford. “She was a graduate of Milton […]
Biz journalist Urban has died
Rob Urban, who spent nearly three decades at Bloomberg News in a variety of positions, has died. He most recently was a news editor at Investopedia. He was director of editorial development for real estate publication The Real Deal in 2021 and 2022, expanding The Real Deal’s presence in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Austin, […]
