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NEW YORK (AP) - Gerald M. Boyd, who became the first black managing editor of The New York Times and was forced to resign two years later amid a reporter's plagiarism scandal, died Thursday. He was 56.
Boyd had been diagnosed with lung cancer in February and died at his home, said his wife, Robin Stone. He had been sick for most of the year and had kept the condition private from most friends and colleagues, Stone said.
He was the first black journalist to work the many jobs he held at The Times, including city editor. As deputy managing editor for news, he oversaw the 2000 series "How Race is Lived in America," which won a Pulitzer Prize.
Since his resignation, Boyd wrote a weekly column for Universal Press Syndicate to help people understand how newsroom decisions are made.
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B. Thornton
January 05, 2020 | Beltsville, MD | Friend
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Valenda Newell
January 22, 2019 | Indianapolis, IN
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I am just learning about this site today. I am able to grieve now - four years after his death - and I am grateful to share. Part of my success as a reporter was due to him. I regret I was not more successful. However, I am thankful for his mentorship and scholarship. When I took his class, he'd smoke. I remember that about him.
T. Denise Asbury
September 25, 2010 | NC
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I, too, did not know about this site until today.
When I worked as a copy editor at The St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Gerald was a cub reporter, I often made substantial changes in his stories. Unlike many reporters who would complain about such treatment, Gerald would ask me why I did certain things, and thank me for my explanations. There was no doubt he was trying to learn all he could, and I was very proud when he achieved such heights.
He also struck me as a kind and...
Peggy Carlan
February 19, 2010 | Chelsea, MA
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I did not know about this site until today...
I knew Gerald at the Washington bureau of The NY Times as a very hard-working, totally honest and very modest person who adapted quietly and quickly to a very competitive atmosphere.
David Binder
December 03, 2009 | Evanston, IL
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IM STILL IN SHOCK TO HERE OF THE PASSING OF GERALD. IM A ST.LOUIS FRIEND AND FEEL LIKE OF PIECE OF ME IS GONE. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES. I FEEL FORTUNATE TO HAVE KNOWN HIM. MY PRAYERS TO ROBIN AND ZACH.
ANNA M. JORDAN
January 02, 2007 | LAUREL, MD
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Mrs. Boyd, my family's thoughts and prayers are with you and your family as you go through this difficult time. May God grant you peace and understanding.
Alester Pryor
November 28, 2006 | Myrtle Beach
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Gerald was a good guy. I met him in the mid-80s Reagan White House. He was smart, sweet, a little shy still, a little showy -- if he saw you in a restaurant and you'd tried to help him on a story he'd have a good bottle of wine sent over with great flourishes, and he'd toast you from across the room. He was painstaking in his work. He was a good tough newsman who rose high. He told me once that when he started getting stories in the paper he would call his grandmother or aunt back home...
Peggy Noonan
November 27, 2006 | New York, NY
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