Jim Fox, Columnist and WashU Grad, Dies at 91

Jim Fox, a newspaper reporter and columnist for over 70 years, died Sunday at his home in Affton. He was 91.

Fox was a Washington University graduate and later taught journalism at Wash U and Webster University.

According the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Fox joined the paper in 1951. He worked as a copy editor, reporter, telegraph editor, city editor and feature writer. His final Suburban Journal column is slated to run Wednesday, Jan. 16. 

Fox donated his body to the Washington University School of Medicine. A full obituary is available online.