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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, January 9, 1993                   TAG: 9301090296
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY  
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DATELINE: LYNCHBURG                                LENGTH: Short

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FORMER NEWS EDITOR BILL DIEHL DIES AT 72

Bill Diehl, a former editor at The News & Advance, has died. He was 72.

Diehl collapsed early Thursday morning at his Lynchburg home and was pronounced dead a short time later. The cause of death was not released.

Diehl came to Lynchburg in 1976 to become editorial page editor of what is now known as The News & Daily Advance. In 1982, he began writing an editorial column for the paper.

Diehl left the newspaper in 1983 to accept the Gannett Distinguished Professorship in journalism at Marshall University.

- Associated Press

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