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<\/a><\/p>\nMy friend Mark Schwed has died.<\/p>\n
The Los Angeles Herald Examiner.
\nCorky’s bar at 11th and Broadway.
\nDan Tana’s, Stoli rocks.
\nPoker nights, Marlboro Lights.
\nEnough laughter for a lifetime.
\nThe best kind of newspaperman.
\nThe best kind of friend.<\/p>\n
Here’s the story in the Palm Beach Post:<\/p>\n
Mark Schwed, a features and news writer for The Palm Beach Post for the past three and a half years, was found dead in his apartment Thursday. He was 52 years old.<\/p>\n
Schwed had been in apparently good health until Monday, when he called in sick. A friend in California emailed him on Tuesday and never received a response. After two days of silence, a co-worker entered the home and found his body. A cause of death has not been determined.<\/p>\n
“We were crushed by the news,” said Post managing editor Bill Rose. “Mark was a bright light in the newsroom, a kind and helpful soul who wrote smart stories and endeared himself to those who worked with him and, often, to those he wrote about.”<\/p>\n
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