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RIP Vartan Kupelian

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Jake from State Farm, Aug 20, 2020.

  1. Jake from State Farm

    Jake from State Farm Well-Known Member

    Jake from State Farm, Aug 20, 2020
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  2. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    Oh, I'm so sorry. Vartan was a good man.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Aug 20, 2020
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  3. Jake from State Farm

    Jake from State Farm Well-Known Member

    Thanks
    He was the best hockey writer the News ever had and a damn good golf writer
     
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    Jake from State Farm, Aug 20, 2020
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  4. ChrisLong

    ChrisLong Well-Known Member

    Met him a few times. Shared our Armenian heritage. RIP, sir.
     
    ChrisLong, Aug 20, 2020
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  5. Liut

    Liut Well-Known Member

    I'm sure Cynthia Lambert knew him well. I know Cynthia. RIP
     
    Liut, Aug 20, 2020
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  6. Jake from State Farm

    Jake from State Farm Well-Known Member

    Cindy worked with him
    I worked with Cindy
     
    Jake from State Farm, Aug 20, 2020
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  7. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Oh no. I was his editor for a couple years when he covered senior golf for the PGA Tour, just a delightful man and an excellent scribe.
     
    playthrough, Aug 20, 2020
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  8. AliceBrenda

    AliceBrenda Member

    Eras don't pass with dates, but with people. You read stories like that excellent obit and realize it's about a time now passed - the relationships, the dedication to craft, the language ("it's a tap-in"), the commitment of a media outlet to tell stories from everywhere, sending and trusting their best people to do so. Sad and fitting, perhaps, in the context of his career, that the News stopped staffing golf tourneys outside the state when Vartan stepped down.
    Would have enjoyed meeting the guy.
     
    AliceBrenda, Aug 20, 2020
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  9. Noholesinone

    Noholesinone Well-Known Member

    Spent a gazillion days with him, covering golf and playing our fair share together. Indeed, one of the good guys. I’d be hard-pressed to think of a city with three guys of the same era who wrote about golf as many years as Vartan, Jack Berry and Jack Saylor.
     
    Noholesinone, Aug 20, 2020
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  10. Jake from State Farm

    Jake from State Farm Well-Known Member

    Jack Berry called the paper the Miracle on your Doorstep
    Many nights, he was absolutely right
    Vartan took over for Jack on both the Wings and golf beats
     
    Jake from State Farm, Aug 20, 2020
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