Rest in Peace, Johnny Apple

October 4th, 2006

Legendary New York Times reporter R.W. Apple Jr. has died. He was 71. He quite literally did it all as a newspaper reporter. From his Times obituary:

“Newspaper people love impossible dreams,” he once told Lear’s magazine. “I suppose we’re reckless sentimentalists. If we didn’t love impossible dreams, we would not still be working in an industry whose basic technology was developed in the 16th and 17th centuries.”

From Gawker:

“Our condolences go out to his family and to the five people responsible for supervising his expense accounts, who must be wondering what they’re going to do now.”