Tom Teepen, 82, retired
Cox columnist and editorial page editor of The Atlanta Constitution, died
Sunday.
He was married to
his second wife, Sandy Teepen, for more than 30 years. He had been battling
various illnesses since a kidney transplant 10 years ago.
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When he was 7, Tom
would write stories on paper and hand them out to people because he wanted to
be a newspaperman.
The Ohio University grad began his career with the Dayton Daily News (1958-82) and with the Constitution and Cox Newspapers columnist (1982-2000).
He completed a John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford University in 1967, focusing on African studies.
Marilyn Geewax, a
former BJ business reporter who was at the Constitution before becoming a National Public Radio business analyst
living in Washington, said “I always thought of him as a Renaissance beatnik.”
To read the Atlanta Constitution tribute to Tom, click on the blue http://www.ajc.com/news/local-obituaries/former-atlanta-constitution-columnist-tom-teepen-dies/p9aJKo6z75Ic4oe5CUrkwK/
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