Les Payne, renowned fearless journalist passes away
Les Payne (76), a fervid and fearless Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, has passed away in Manhattan, United States on March 18, 2018. He served as an editor and columnist at Newsday and is a founder of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). Payne received a Pulitzer Prize for his investigative research ‘Heroin Trail’ in 1974.
Originally written on
March 23, 2018
and last modified on
March 23, 2018.
Tags: American writers, Pulitzer Prize