ShopTalk | Top 10 Rollin Post, Former San Francisco Political Reporter, Dies at 81 By Merrill Knox on Oct. 7, 2011 - 10:39 AM Rollin Post, who spent 40 years as a political reporter in San Francisco, died yesterday at his home in Marin County. He was 81. Post began his television career as a morning producer and assignment editor for KPIX, the CBS O& ...