Boston Globe columnist Will McDonough dies
By Bill Griffith, Globe Staff, 01/10/03
http://www.boston.com/news/daily/10/..._mcdonough.htm
Will McDonough, the Globe sports columnist who continued to break stories and write regularly for the paper since his official "retirement" in July of 2001, died of a heart attack Thursday night at his Hingham home. He was 67
At the time of his official retirement, McDonough figured he'd written more words in the Globe than anyone else in the paper's history. As with most of his assertions, few would challenge it.
"If there ever was a guy who was bigger than life, it was Will McDonough," said Globe sports editor Don Skwar. "There were so many people who were touched by his life. There were people whom he cared about and they cared about him. This loss will be tough to get over.
"To so many people, including myself, this feels like the loss of a family member, because that's what Will was like to us."
McDonough was the benchmark for Boston sports reporting, and as news of his death spread this morning, it became the biggest news of the day
By Bill Griffith, Globe Staff, 01/10/03
http://www.boston.com/news/daily/10/..._mcdonough.htm
Will McDonough, the Globe sports columnist who continued to break stories and write regularly for the paper since his official "retirement" in July of 2001, died of a heart attack Thursday night at his Hingham home. He was 67
At the time of his official retirement, McDonough figured he'd written more words in the Globe than anyone else in the paper's history. As with most of his assertions, few would challenge it.
"If there ever was a guy who was bigger than life, it was Will McDonough," said Globe sports editor Don Skwar. "There were so many people who were touched by his life. There were people whom he cared about and they cared about him. This loss will be tough to get over.
"To so many people, including myself, this feels like the loss of a family member, because that's what Will was like to us."
McDonough was the benchmark for Boston sports reporting, and as news of his death spread this morning, it became the biggest news of the day
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