Jack Nelson, shown in 1989, was a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who was The Times' Washington bureau chief for two decades. (File photo)
By Elaine Woo
Jack Nelson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, author and longtime Washington bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, whose hard-nosed coverage of the civil rights movement in the 1960s and the Watergate scandal in the 1970s helped establish the paper's national reputation, has died. He was 80.
Nelson died of pancreatic cancer Wednesday at his home in Bethesda, Md., according to his wife, journalist Barbara Matusow. [rc]
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'Distinguished career'
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"All in all, I would say he was one of the most important journalists of the 20th century."
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October 21, 2009
USA: Jack Nelson dies at 80
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LOS ANGELES, California / Los Angeles Times / Obituaries / October 21, 2009
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter helped raise L.A. Times to national prominence
Nelson's investigative coverage of the civil rights movement and Watergate helped solidify The Times' reputation. Its Washington bureau grew into a journalistic powerhouse under his leadership.
Jack Nelson, shown in 1989, was a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who was The Times' Washington bureau chief for two decades. (File photo)
By Elaine Woo
Jack Nelson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, author and longtime Washington bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, whose hard-nosed coverage of the civil rights movement in the 1960s and the Watergate scandal in the 1970s helped establish the paper's national reputation, has died. He was 80.
Nelson died of pancreatic cancer Wednesday at his home in Bethesda, Md., according to his wife, journalist Barbara Matusow. [rc]
Click here to read more
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'Distinguished career'
.......
"All in all, I would say he was one of the most important journalists of the 20th century."
.......
Copyright © 2009, The Los Angeles Times
Jack Nelson, shown in 1989, was a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who was The Times' Washington bureau chief for two decades. (File photo)
By Elaine Woo
Jack Nelson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, author and longtime Washington bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, whose hard-nosed coverage of the civil rights movement in the 1960s and the Watergate scandal in the 1970s helped establish the paper's national reputation, has died. He was 80.
Nelson died of pancreatic cancer Wednesday at his home in Bethesda, Md., according to his wife, journalist Barbara Matusow. [rc]
Click here to read more
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'Distinguished career'
.......
"All in all, I would say he was one of the most important journalists of the 20th century."
.......
Copyright © 2009, The Los Angeles Times
