RIP: Investigative Journalist Bill Malinowski

The Providence Journal vet was 57.

Current and former colleagues of Bill Malinowski, the forcibly retired Providence Journal reporter who passed away Thursday at age 57 from complications related to ALS, are pouring in. It is a testament to the man’s character and legacy that the tributes are uniformly effusive.

Columnist Edward Fitzpatrick recalls speaking at last fall’s Billy Mal 5K race. Participants included former organized crime associate Charles “The Ghost” Kennedy, the subject of a book Malinowski was working on:

“There are four reasons why we are here,” I said that day, standing on a bench along Blackstone Boulevard.

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