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Former Editor at Milwaukee Journal Dies
Posted: Feb 4, 2013 4:18 PM by Associated Press
ST. JOSEPH (AP) — George J. Lockwood, who supervised a Pulitzer Prize-winning team at the Milwaukee Journal and later became executive editor of the St. Joseph News-Press in Missouri, has died. He was 81.
The Mountain View Funeral Home and Cemetery in Mesa, Ariz., says Lockwood died Thursday at a hospital in the Phoenix area. Lockwood suffered from ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Lockwood retired in 1986 as managing editor of the Milwaukee Journal, where he supervised a team of
A source reported that Lockwood was also executive editor of the northwest Missouri newspaper from 1990 to 1995.
Funeral services are set for Wednesday in Arizona.
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