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Longtime Nevada journalist and historian Dennis Myers died Monday after being taken off of life support at Renown Regional Medical Center. According to family members, he suffered a massive stroke the previous week. He was 70.
Here are several remembrances from the Reno News & Review, where he had been news editor since 2003 and a writer for more than 20 years:
Dennis Myers, 1948-2019, Sheila Leslie
R.I.P. News, Brad Bynum
Dennis Myers, R.I.P., Jeff vonKaenel
The Great Editor, Bruce Van Dyke
A story from Bob Conrad at This Is Reno gives some background on Myers’s long and distinguished career as one of Nevada’s most respected and independent-minded journalists who could provide historical context to the news like few others.