Ned Day | |
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Born | Edward Gately Day, Jr. (1945-04-05)April 5, 1945 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Died | September 3, 1987(1987-09-03) (aged 42) Hawaii, U.S. |
Resting place | Palm Memorial Park, Las Vegas, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Journalist |
Children | 1 |
Edward Gately Day Jr. (April 5, 1945 – September 3, 1987) was an American journalist and newspaper reporter who was known for taking on mobsters who dominated a number of Las Vegas casinos in the 1970s and '80s.
Biography
Day's father, also named Ned Day, was a professional bowler. After several attempts to follow his father's career path, the younger Day moved to Las Vegas in the mid-1970s.
Career
After moving to Las Vegas, Day began working as a reporter for the now-closed North Las Vegas Valley Times newspaper. He later wrote columns for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. In the late 1970s, he became the managing editor and a reporter for KLAS-TV. His trademark on-air signoff was, "I thought you'd like to know, I'm Ned Day."
In 1986, Day's car, which he was not in at the time, was torched. Day described it as "the happiest day in my life, when the mob firebombed my car."
On September 3, 1987, Day died on vacation while snorkeling in Hawaii, at 42. The coroner's office ruled it a natural death from a heart attack.
References
- ^ "Presence of Ned Day, Titan of Nevada News, Still Felt". Archived from the original on 2012-09-03. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
- ^ "Presence of Ned Day, Titan of Nevada News, Still Felt". LASVEGASNOW. 2007-09-04. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
- Matthews, Tom (2011-10-28). "Me and the Mob". Milwaukee Magazine. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
- "Remembering Legendary Las Vegas Journalist Ned Day, Part I". Nevada Public Radio. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
- "Remembering Legendary Las Vegas Journalist Ned Day, Part II". Nevada Public Radio. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
- "Car bombings once popular mob tactic in Las Vegas". May 9, 2007.
- "Las Vegas Journalist Dies In Hawaii". www.apnewsarchive.com. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
External links
- Ned Day at Find a Grave
- Ned Day in Nevada Press Association Hall of Fame
- Channel 8 Tribute to Ned Day
- Tom Matthews, "Me and the Mob," Milwaukee Magazine, October 28, 2011
- "60 Years: KLAS-TV Documents Mob's Rise, Fall in Las Vegas," KLAS-TV, July 18, 2013
- Norm Clarke, "George Knapp Remembers Former RJ Columnist Ned Day," Las Vegas Review-Journal, April 12, 2015
- Sean DeFrank, "George Knapp: Seven Questions," January 20, 2011
- Ned Day Memorial Scholarship at University of Nevada Las Vegas