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Ed Pope

Burlingame, California

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Ed PopeResident of San Jose Ed Pope, an award-winning journalist who lived his generous life on his own terms and believed in family, friends, justice and hard work, lost his second battle with cancer and died at his San Jose home on Oct. 3. He was 78.A tough-minded man, fond of trout fishing,...

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A true Journalist and gentleman. Ed and I met a number of times when I was still on the job.

I fondly remember the many conversations that I had with Ed. He was a journalist whom I trusted when he asked about the major criminal investigations that I was conducting at the time. Even today, when discussing various cases with people, Ed's name comes up. I collected many Mercury/News clippings of the various stories that Ed wrote. Ed was a trusted journalist, one that I would stop everything in order to talk with him. Ed was a true gentleman, he was more than a journalist...

So sorry for your loss. May all of the good memories bring you comfort in this time of sorrow.

Tailgating prior to the SJSU vs. Stanford game in November 2008.