Anthony Day (May 12, 1933 – September 2, 2007) was an American
journalist
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, former
editorial page editor for the ''
Los Angeles Times
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'', and editor of
Henry Kissinger
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's work for over 25 years.
Early life
Anthony Day was born in
Miami, Florida
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, on May 12, 1933.
[ His father, Price Day, worked as a foreign correspondent for '']The Baltimore Sun
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Founded in 1837, it is currently owned by T ...
'', earning a Pulitzer Prize in 1949, and was later editor-in-chief of the newspaper.[ Anthony Day had three younger brothers, all of whom also became journalists.][
Day graduated from ]Harvard University
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in 1955. He served two years in the U.S. Army
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following graduation.[
]
Career
Day's career in journalism
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began at the '' Philadelphia Bulletin''. He began working at the paper in 1957. He was eventually promoted to the paper's Washington D.C.
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bureau
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chief.[
Day was hired by the ''Los Angeles Times'' as the chief editorial writer in 1969. He eventually rose to become the editorial page editor, a position he held from 1971 until 1989, when he relinquished his editorial responsibilities but continued with the ''Times'' as a correspondent until he retired in the mid-1990s.]book review
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section after his official retirement. He also continued to edit a regular column by former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.[
On the day after Day's death, Kissinger said of him, "Although he was a constant critic of the policies of the administrations in which I served, I always considered him a critic of exemplary fairness, ability and honesty."][
]
Death
Day died of emphysema on September 2, 2007, at St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was survived by his wife, Lynn, and son, John.[
]
References
External links
"Anthony Day, pivotal editorial page editor of The Times, dies at 74"
''Los Angeles Times''
''Los Angeles Times'' Opinion L.A.
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1933 births
2007 deaths
American male journalists
20th-century American journalists
Harvard University alumni
Los Angeles Times people
Editors of California newspapers
Deaths from emphysema