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JOHN ANDERSON

Alexandria, District of Columbia

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December 16, 2021
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Alexandria, District of Columbia

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 John W. Anderson  (Age 93)  The retired Washington Post editorial writer died in Alexandria, VA on December 16, 2021 from complications of pneumonia. He retired from The Washington Post in 1996 after a 39-year career with the Post that took him from local reporter to editor to...

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John was a lovely man and such a talented and incisive writer. I had the privilege of getting to know him when we were at Resources for the Future; we even wrote something together about climate change. I would be grateful if someone could send me his daughter or son's address so that I could mail a snail mail condolence. ruthgreenspanbell at yahoo.com thanks!!

John worked with my husband Stephen Rosenfeld on the Post editorial page for many years. He was also a next-door neighbor of ours in Old Town Alexandria. Steve always said of John that he was "a prince of a man."

RIP John.