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Brian Meehan RIP

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by silvercharm, Jul 29, 2008.

  1. silvercharm

    silvercharm Member

    Long-time journalist. Spent the past 8-10 years or so working sports at The Oregonian, mostly as a columnist. Good guy.
     
    silvercharm, Jul 29, 2008
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  2. DougDascenzo

    DougDascenzo Member

    Terrible news.

    Meehan had a history of heart problems. He went in for his third open-heart surgery last week and never regained consciousness. He passed away Tuesday afternoon.

    RIP.
     
    DougDascenzo, Jul 30, 2008
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  3. Kappa

    Kappa New Member

    A tremendous loss. He was the best, personally and professionally. All of us are poorer for Brian's death.
     
    Kappa, Jul 30, 2008
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  4. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    Obit is here.

    http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2008/07/sports_columnist_brian_meehan.html

    Nice man, very approachable, very readable, and had no holier-than-thou attitude/big-time ego despite some serious journalism chops. Was the section's ying to Canzano's yang. (to clarify, Meehan didn't have JC's hard edge. JC is also very approachable, readable and doesn't have a HTT attitude, either.)

    Loved baseball, covered the Mariners on a feature/column basis (the O virtually ignores the local Triple-A PCL franchise), and some Oregon State baseball. Also knew his hoops.

    He smoked up until several years ago, at least. Not sure how much that contributed to his health problems but it sure couldn't help.
     
    micropolitan guy, Jul 30, 2008
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  5. jps

    jps Active Member

    just heard ... sad, sad news.
     
    jps, Jul 30, 2008
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  6. CNY

    CNY Member

    I had the good fortune to work with Brian in Portland, and he was as nice a guy as you'll meet.

    The O has put together a tribute page:
    http://blog.oregonlive.com/oregonianeditors/2008/07/sports_columnist_brian_meehan.html
     
    CNY, Jul 30, 2008
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  7. hanging_curveball

    hanging_curveball Member

    How sad. I was fortunate enough to meet him a few years ago. Very nice man. Thoughts to his family and friends.
     
    hanging_curveball, Jul 30, 2008
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  8. awriter

    awriter Active Member

    Holy shit, that's terrible news. Worked at a competing paper for several years and Brian was a good guy. RIP.
     
    awriter, Jul 31, 2008
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  9. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty Guest

    brian was a quality individual on all counts.
     
    Tom Petty, Jul 31, 2008
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