The passing of Dick Oliver affords the New York Daily News this weekend the bittersweet opportunity to recall halcyon print-era days.
Oliver, before moving on to TV and radio, started out as a copy boy with the paper, rising through the ranks to reporter and assistant managing editor. In the obituary by Larry McShane, current Daily News EIC Arthur Browne paints a vivid newsroom picture:
“Dick Oliver was both the toughest and liveliest of cigar-chomping city editors from the era of clacking typewriters,” recalled Browne.
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