6:00am | The Press-Telegram released details yesterday on an upcoming Celebration of Life for Larry Allison. According to the Press-Telegram, “a memorial for former Long Beach Press-Telegram editor Larry Allison will be held Thursday, Nov. 17 at the Long Beach Convention Center, 300 E. Ocean Blvd. at 3:30 p.m.”
Click here for a Long Beach Post tribute, Press-Telegram coverage and their tribute editorial, and a remembrance by Tim Grobaty.
October 31, 12:00pm | Longtime newsman Larry Allison who began his career more than 50 years ago at the Press-Telegram died on Sunday at the age of 77.
According to the Press-Telegram: “Allison, 77, served the Press-Telegram as a reporter, copy editor, city editor, managing editor, executive editor and, most recently, editorial pages editor.”
Long Beach Post publisher Shaun Lumachi released the following statement:
“We looked up to Larry as the dean of Long Beach media. He made a lasting impact on our community dedicating over five decades of his life to covering the stories that mattered. Our admiration, his impact, and the example he set as a dedicated newsman will live on. On behalf of the Long Beach Post family, I want to send our condolences to Larry’s loved ones and his friends and colleagues at the Long Beach Press-Telegram.”
Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster released the following statement:
“Larry always went to great lengths to fairly present issues and always had a keen focus on what mattered to the readers of the Long Beach Press-Telegram. He was a gentleman and his dedication to this community, the P-T and the greater Long Beach community will be missed. Nancy and I send our deepest condolences to Larry’s wife and family during this very difficult time.”
Long Beach Assemblywoman Bonnie Lowenthal released the following statement:
“(Larry Allison’s passing is) a loss not only to his colleagues and readers, but to the entire community. I’ve known Larry for a long time. My thoughts certainly are with his family. I’m also thinking of his newspaper family. This is a huge loss. Larry Allison was a class act. He held true to his views, and he fought hard to make his opinions known. But whether you agreed or disagreed, Larry was gracious and very much the gentleman always. (He was) an important fixture on the Long Beach scene. He loved finding commonalities and hashing out differences. He was the personification of a committed newspaperman.”
Senator Alan Lowenthal released the following statement:
“Larry Allison was more than just a newspaper editor, he was an icon of the community. I have had the pleasure of knowing Larry for many years and always found him to be easily approachable and undeniably fair. He will be sorely missed, not only by his colleagues in the press but by the community as a whole. I hope his wife and family can find peace in knowing that Larry left the world a little better off than he found it.”
More to come.