Tom Wicker, 1926-2011

November 26, 2011 – 5:06 pm

Tom Wicker, one of the leading journalists of his era, has died at 85. His New York Times obituary is here.

Wicker was with JFK in Dallas on November 22nd, 1963, and filed his report from a pay phone on the evening of that awful day. You can read it here.

Posted by Malcolm on at 5:06 pm, filed under General. RSS feed for this post. Trackbacks are closed, but you can post a comment.

2 Comments

  1. the one eyed man says

    This week also marks the passing of the fabulously talented drummer Paul Motian.

    Posted November 27, 2011 at 2:24 pm | Permalink
  2. Malcolm says

    Oh no — Paul Motian died? I hadn’t heard – that’s awful.

    Posted November 27, 2011 at 4:13 pm | Permalink

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