Former LA Times journalist Jack Nelson dies at 80

[BeyondGeography]

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- Jack Nelson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who covered the civil rights movement and the Watergate scandal for the Los Angeles Times and started his career at The Daily Herald, died Wednesday. He was 80.

Nelson, who had pancreatic cancer, died at his home in the Washington suburb of Bethesda, Md., said Richard Cooper a family friend and longtime Times associate.

Nelson spent more than 35 years with the Los Angeles Times, stepping down as its chief Washington correspondent in 2001. He joined the Times in 1965 and in 1970 began working in its Washington bureau. He was bureau chief from 1975 to the end of 1995...



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[Captain Hilts]

1. I adored him. Type in peace, Jack.

Shit. He lived in my 'hood.

[Zen Democrat]

2. So sad. I loved Jack Nelson. n/t

[katkat]

3. sad

That's really too bad. He was a real journalist.

[Vidar]

4. RIP Mr. Nelson.