Williard (Bill) Christine JuniorA award -winning multi -year -old journalist died of horse racing to the Los Angeles Times on Monday (August 25) after he was diagnosed with severe delicate leukemia three years ago. He died at his home in Hermosa Beach, with a family next to him. It was 87.
While Christine was known in southern California as the Times Voice of Horse Racing, it was in fact just the end of a floors profession that he saw in seven different newspapers over 42 years, which also contains a stop in pubic relationship.
Former Los Angeles correspondent Bill Christine.
(Christine family)
He was the author of three books, one on Roberto Clemente, another on the knight Bill Hartak and one on a pair of song book. After leaving the newspapers, he liked to investigate and write about real crime, especially in his hometown in East Saint Louis.
Christine won the Eclipse Awards for Distinguished Horse Race, in 1984 and 2004. In 2000, he won the Walter Haight Functional Excellence in grass writing. He won the David F. Woods Memorial Award in 1991 and 1992 to cover it for Preakness Stakes.
He was also head of the national book of broadcasters and broadcasters, a group that also includes public relations personnel, from 1990 to 1992.
“Bell was an old journalist at school,” said Mike Willman, former CEO of former media relations in Santa Anita. “He kept abundant notes and was contrary to his nature. It was very fair and knowledgeable.
“He really enjoyed being around people in the race. You can face a problem in something he wrote and then discussed and no one was ever. He really respected him.”
Even after his retirement, Kristen was writing email messages for friends and colleagues who told people and events from his journey in the race and baseball.
He was born in Illinois, joined the southern Illinois Carpenell, where he graduated in 1963 and wrote to the college newspaper. His first job was outside the college in the East Saint Louis magazine, where the baseball was covered from other sports. Two years later, moved to Baltimore News America, followed by the Luisville Times, Pittsburg Press, Chicago Daily News and Petsberg after Gazette, where the sports editor was short.
After that, he turned into public relations with the best job in the media in Commodore Download in Pennsylvania, followed by four years as an assistant to the CEO of ASSN National Asian.
The Times rarely rented people from public relations, but then sports editor Bill Duwair decided to seize the opportunity.
“Bill Christine was my first hiring as a sports editor in the Times, and being the first, it was a big problem not only for me, but for the people who watch me and try to know what I was thinking about and how I will cover every sport,” said Douir, who later went to cover the horse race.
Former Los Angeles correspondent Bill Christine is receiving the Eclipse Award to honor horse race reports.
(Christine family)
“It was in 1981. I met some of the best national grass book, including Margin Wall, Jenny Reese and Jack Man, as well Pittorggh.
“When he arrived in the Times, Santa Anita, Hollywood Park and Del Mar were flourishing and worked tirelessly to give sport the coverage she deserved.”
Bob Misszroski, who was informed of the horse race and the disabled in southern California for many years and worked alongside Christine after Missrski came to the Times and added a full page of the race daily, he echoed Duwair’s feelings about his abilities and existence.
“He welcomed me when I joined the Times and I was always able to do so,” said Meszersky. “The great stories narrators and I liked to hear him remembered the stories about different people – inside and outside the race – his face.”
Dan Smith, retired marketing chief and media in Del Mar, remembers Christine for his very distinctive laugh.
“It was like ghee, ghee, and ghee,” Smith said, struggling to repeat the sound. It was very special and unique.
“It was also an orange movie.
Christine was known for his strong views, which sometimes put it in dispute with the people who covered.
Kristen’s most prominent dispute with Wayne Lucas, who did not speak to the reporter for several years after something written by Christine.
Smith said: “He was not hesitant in discussing his opinions, which many people did not agree with, but this was fine.”
DWYRE, which was often changed every year, was presented once in the Christine the Dodgers Job, and it can be said that it is the best job in the section, because Christine was complaining about the need for something new. But in the end, Christine decided that he would prefer to cover the race.
“He really knew the baseball game and had a ballot in the hall of fame,” Willman recalls. “You may have your own opinion, and if he did not agree to Bills, he had all the ammunition to explain to you the reason.”
Even if the daily coverage of crystin is buried on a page deep in the section, surrounded by a disabled and a small type, Christine will rise to this occasion and give you an unclear story.
“I often remember criticizing my employees, especially those who took out the previous morning sheet,” Douir said. “I would like to carry the sports section and ask about the story that was in the section that should be on the first page and it was not. It was the story of Kristen’s horse racing.”
The press box in DEL Mar, which was called the honor of Dan Smith, has a wall to which the deceased grass book pictures go.
“I think his picture will go on the wall soon,” said Smith. “We still have a few remaining sites and we hope we will not fill them any time soon.”
Christine survived his 43 -year -old wife, Batt, two twins, Laura and Lezli, his first wife, Diane, and the wife of Chris.
Christine requested that his body be donated to USC for medical research. After returning the numbers, there will be a small celebration of life.