Local figure
Walter R. Mears
After retiring from the Associated Press, Walter Mears taught journalism for a time at the University of North Carolina and made his home in Chapel Hill, where he died in 2022.
Source: WSLS (Associated Press): Pulitzer winner Walter Mears dies, AP's 'Boy on the Bus'
1935–2022 as the Library of Congress records it · On the Friends’ Local Authors roster → · Library of Congress authority record ↗
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- Walter R. Mears dies in Chapel Hill Walter R. Mears, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press political reporter, died at his Chapel Hill apartment on March 3, 2022. He had made his home in Chapel Hill after retiring in 2001 and had taught journalism at UNC for a time. A memorial service was held in Chapel Hill on March 24.Search the index · WSLS (Associated Press): Pulitzer winner Walter Mears dies, AP's 'Boy on the Bus'
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- Chapel Hill Public Library (opens in a new tab) Public library in Chapel Hill
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- Background context: Walter Robert Mears, Legendary AP Political Correspondent Other source
- Read contemporary evidence: AP News Veteran Walter Mears Leads OLLI Politics Class, Sees Some Old Patterns Other source
- Search beyond the index: NC LIVE: prepared search for Walter R. Mears NC LIVE An advanced search of the state’s shared databases already scoped to Orange County’s places and this subject; edit it freely, and sign in through your North Carolina library to read
- Ask locally: Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
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