LA Times Writer (Often About Wine Writing) David Shaw Dies

From the LATimes:

David Shaw, 62; Prize-Winning Times Writer Forged New Standards for Media Criticism By Jon Thurber, Times Staff Writer

David Shaw, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times writer who set new standards for media criticism with his hard-hitting examinations of the American press - including his own newspaper - died Monday evening. He was 62.

Shaw died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications from a brain tumor that was discovered in late May, said his wife, Lucy.

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I used to read his columns regulary. He wrote knowledgably and well, and came across as a really nice guy.

Jon

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