词条 | John Lake (journalist) |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = John Eric Lake | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = johnlake.jpg | image_size = 150px | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = February 18, 1930 | birth_place = | disappeared_date = {{Disappeared date and age|1967|12|10|1930|02|18}} | disappeared_place = New York | disappeared_status = | death_date = 1975 | death_place = | death_cause = | body_discovered = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | residence = | nationality = United States | other_names = | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = Syracuse University | alma_mater = | occupation = Sports journalist and editor | years_active = | employer = New York Herald Tribune & Newsweek | organization = | agent = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | influences = | influenced = | home_town = | salary = | net_worth = | height = 6' 0 | weight = 180 | television = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | religion = | denomination = | criminal_charge = | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = | spouse = Alice Conlon | partner = | children = Daughter & son | parents = | relatives = | callsign = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | module6 = | website = {{URL|johnlake.com}} | footnotes = | box_width = }}John Eric Lake (born February 18, 1930 in Albany, New York - disappeared December 10, 1967) was the sports editor of Newsweek until his mysterious disappearance.[1] Personal backgroundJohn Eric Lake was born February 18, 1930 in Albany, New York.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} He graduated in 1951 with a B.A. degree in journalism from Syracuse University, where he met his wife Alice Conlin.[1] The couple married in 1952 while Lake was serving in the U.S. Navy in Honolulu, Hawaii.[1] He returned to graduate school at Syracuse after he was discharged from the U.S. Navy.[1] The couple had a daughter and a son.[1][2] His wife and children later moved to New Jersey and then to Islesford, Cranberry Island, Maine.[1] John Lake was declared missing in December 1967 and deceased by a court in New Jersey in 1975.[1][9] CareerThe Binghamton News Press hired both John Lake and his wife in 1952, and he worked in sports while she wrote features.[1] In 1959 Lake became a staff writer at the New York Herald Tribune.[1][3] Lake worked with Red Smith while at the Tribune.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} In February 1964, he moved to Newsweek to become its sports editor.[1][2][3] He succeeded Dick Schaap in this role.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} In his last year at the magazine, Lake authored three cover stories (nine in four years) on such varied topics as "The Black Athlete", the Indy 500 and the World Series.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} Lake was hired as a ghost writer for Bob Gibson's autobiography and had all but submitted the work.[4][5] Lake's last issue for Newsweek was the December 11, 1967 issue with a cover featuring a dark-haired, bespectacled Robert McNamara, asked, "Why is He Leaving?"{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} After Lake's disappearance in 1967, he was replaced as sports editor six months later by Pete Axthelm, a writer for Sports Illustrated.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} DisappearanceJohn Lake was last seen in midtown Manhattan, New York City, on Sunday, December 10, 1967. At that time, he was walking toward the subway to go home.[3][6][7] A missing persons report was filed by his wife, Alice, four days later.[3] His disappearance was investigated by the Pinkerton Detective Agency, which was hired by Newsweek.[3] Years after, a police officer from missing persons showed his son a February 1968 photo of a corpse who closely resembled Lake but could not be positively identified.[3] Missing Person documents:
ReactionsLake was admired by other journalists and athletes. Peter Benchley, author and screenwriter, who edited the Radio/TV section at Newsweek at the time, admitted to being intimidated by him.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} Mario Andretti, auto race driver, called him the most prepared journalist from the national media that ever interviewed him.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} Bert Sugar, boxing raconteur, recalls it was John Lake that moved press conferences from showmanship to seriousness with a single question.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} See also
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 {{cite web|url=http://www.ellsworthamerican.com/obituary/alice-conlon-lake|title=Alice Conlon Lake|work=The Ellsworth American|date=November 2, 2011 |type=Obituary}} 2. ^1 {{cite news|first=Mel |last=Gussow |title=Newsweek Alumni: Nostalgia and History |newspaper=New York Times |date=March 1, 2004 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/01/arts/newsweek-alumni-nostalgia-and-history.html}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite news|first=Dan |last=Barry |title=The Father Who Never Came Home |newspaper=New York Times |date=August 24, 2005|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/24/nyregion/the-father-who-never-came-home.html}} 4. ^{{cite book|first=Dennis |last=D'Agostino|title=Keepers of the Game: When the Baseball Beat was the Best Job on the Paper|publisher=Potomac Books, Inc.|year=2013 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aVWNfH0rNioC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.appelpr.com/ARTICLES/pepe-scd-vintage-books.htm|title=Pepe by Marty Appel|work=appelpr.com|access-date=2015-12-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305004108/http://www.appelpr.com/ARTICLES/pepe-scd-vintage-books.htm|archive-date=2016-03-05|dead-url=yes|df=}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Case Report - NamUs MP #4386 | url= https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/case_report_html/4386}} 7. ^{{cite web |title=John Eric Lake |url=http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/l/lake_john.html |access-date=2015-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108082357/http://charleyproject.org/cases/l/lake_john.html |archive-date=2015-11-08 |dead-url=yes |df= }} External links
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