Retired Globe columnist David Nyhan dies

[shawmut]

Retired Globe columnist David Nyhan, 64, collapses and dies

By Brian C. Mooney and Mark Feeney, Globe Staff | January 24, 2005


David Nyhan, whose fiercely liberal columns for The Boston Globe made him a force in local and national politics even as his generous nature won him a legion of friends, died early yesterday at his home in Brookline, apparently of a heart attack. He was 64.

Mr. Nyhan was stricken yesterday after coming in from shoveling snow and was rushed by his wife, Olivia, to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, where he was pronounced dead.

Mr. Nyhan retired from the Globe in 2001 after 32 years, but he continued to write a twice-weekly column for four daily newspapers owned by the Eagle-Tribune Co. north of Boston. He was scheduled to leave this week for a month-long trip to Sri Lanka to accompany and write about a group of about 50 nurses and doctors taking part in tsunami relief efforts.

"In his long career at the Globe, David Nyhan made many important contributions," said Alfred S. Larkin Jr., spokesman for The Globe. "Perhaps most visibly, he was in the forefront of a generation of reporters and columnists who built the Globe's reputation for top-notch political coverage and commentary. He was a fun-loving, gregarious man who seemed to know virtually everyone in politics, whether it was at City Hall, the State House, or in our nation's capital."


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[rox63]

1. He still wrote for my local paper

David Nyhan was still wriiting political columns for the Eagle-Tribune (Lawrence-Haverhill area), and he was one of the few liberal voices in that paper. He will be missed.

[rockedthevoteinMA]

2. This is so sad.

He was one of the only liberal voices in our local paper. I loved reading his take on things. He was so talented. He will be missed. :cry:

[Kathy in Cambridge]

3. I always enjoyed his writing

a good liberal.

:cry:

[BlueManDude]

4. He was great. Rest In Peace David Nyhan - you'll be missed.

:cry: