Veteran news executive Reg Murphy, who survived abduction decades ago, has died at 90
Reg Murphy, a renowned journalist whose newsgathering career included stints as an editor and top executive at newspapers in Atlanta, San Francisco and Baltimore — and who found himself the subject of national headlines when he survived a politically motivated kidnapping — has died at age 90. Murphy, who lived on St. Simons Island, Georgia, died on Nov. 9. John Reginald “Reg” Murphy was a Georgia native who early in his career covered state politics for the Macon Telegraph.
17 Nov 19:46 · Yahoo News