‘Fat man’ of political journalism Jack Germond dies at age 85
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) Jack Germond, the gruff and rumpled fat man of American political journalism best known for his coverage of presidential campaigns, died on Wednesday at the age of 85.
He died peacefully and quickly early in the morning at his home in West Virginia after recently finishing a novel, his wife, Alice, said in an email sent to friends and journalists.
As a reporter and columnist for Gannett Newspapers, the Washington Star and the Baltimore Sun and a commentator on television shows like The McLaughlin Group, Germond was on the top rung of political journalists.
He had a bold journalistic ethic, and that matters. He was fortunate to spend his life working at a job he would have done for free during some halcyon times in the newspaper business, his wife wrote.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/14/fat-man-of-political-journalism-jack-germond-dies-at-age-85/
r.i.p. bubba!
MADem
(135,425 posts)Garion_55
(1,914 posts)he will be missed.
calimary
(80,700 posts)wtmusic
(39,166 posts)former9thward
(31,806 posts)R.I.P.
Paladin
(28,204 posts)Without him, that show was just fingernails scraping across a blackboard......
Garion_55
(1,914 posts)Babel_17
(5,400 posts)A good guy and a good advocate, RIP.
NCarolinawoman
(2,825 posts)Loved the REAL Jack.
Babel_17
(5,400 posts)`there's no reason on God's planet why knowledge has to be boring.'
jasond54231
(51 posts)I loved your work.
CBHagman
(16,968 posts)...though I am glad he went peacefully. A life well lived.
alp227
(31,962 posts)daleo
(21,317 posts)Very reasonable, when surrounded by right wing spouters.