US EditionBill Salisbury, a dean of Minnesota political reporting, dies at 80
- Bill Salisbury, a political reporter for nearly 50 years, passed away at the age of 80 after a period of declining health at Lyngblomsten Care Center in St. Paul.
- He covered 40 sessions of the Minnesota Legislature, as well as national political campaigns and conventions.
- Former executive editor Walker Lundy stated, 'No one defined the Pioneer Press better than Bill.'
- Salisbury valued ethics in journalism, famously declining an ice cream cone from then-President Barack Obama to avoid accepting gifts from politicians.
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Bill Salisbury, a dean of Minnesota political reporting, dies at 80
Bill Salisbury, who in almost 50 years as a political reporter with the Pioneer Press covered 40 sessions of the Minnesota Legislature, eight governors as well as presidential visits and state and national political conventions and campaigns, died Monday at Lyngblomsten Care Center in St. Paul after a period of declining health. He was 80. A self-described “newspaperman,” Salisbury noted that during his career “assignments took me to Bosnia, the…
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