Jack Jones, American Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter (Los Angeles Times), died from lung disease he was , 86.

John E. Jones, Jr. , better known as Jack Jones, was an American journalist. He was part of a team Los Angeles Times staff whose coverage of the August 1965 Watts Riots and its aftermath won the 1966 Pulitzer Prize in the Local General or Spot News Reporting category.

(June 14, 1924 – May 12, 2011)

Biography

John E. Jones, Jr. was born on June 14, 1924 in El Paso, Texas.^[3] He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1949 at the University of Southern California.
During World War II, Jones served in the Navy's amphibious forces. From 1954-1989, he worked at the Los Angeles Times. He wrote three novels, Journey Into Death (1956), The Animal (1975) and Baja (1984).
He was married twice. His second marriage was to Brie Jones whose acting name is Barbara Stewart.^[4] Jones died of lung disease on May 12, 2011 at his Oceanside, California home.

 

 

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