Donald R. Slinkard, a former managing editor at The Fresno Bee, died Aug. 26, 2023, said his obituary, which he wrote. He was 97.
“Slinkard spent 40 years with McClatchy newspapers — sports writer, courthouse reporter, copy editor — retiring in 1990 as managing editor of The Fresno Bee, the No. 2 newsroom job,” it reads.
Elsewhere: He was a Fresno Bee mentor even though we never met nor worked together (Marek Warszawski)
