Richmond Times-Dispatch pays respects to regular LTE writer

It's not often newspapers recognize and pay respects to a member of the community who was a regular letter writer when that correspondent passes away. Today, the <a href="http://www.timesdispatch.com/opinion/our-opinion/today-s-top-opinion-wrap-up/article_34a800f6-c8dd-504c-8155-02cbf91cd8fe.html"><i>Richmond Times-Dispatch</i></a> does just that, an honor to the writer and his family.<br /><br />Saturday's editorial page included the following tribute to James Coutlakis:<br /><blockquote>When letters by James Coutlakis arrived at The Times-Dispatch, editors welcomed them. They knew Coutlakis would make strong points in vivid prose. His letters required little editing. Today’s Letters section re-publishes a letter that earned Coutlakis recognition as a Correspondent of the Day. Coutlakis died July 6 after being hit by a train. The website gofundme.com/3icvcc is accepting donations to a fund that will help pay for the education of his sons. We will miss him.</blockquote>Read <a href="http://www.timesdispatch.com/opinion/your-opinion/letters-to-the-editor/correspondent-of-the-day-june/article_106ae84a-7683-5e62-b0bf-2cf0d08d08d1.html">Mr. Coutlakis' letter here</a>.

Richmond Times-Dispatch pays respects to regular LTE writer

It's not often newspapers recognize and pay respects to a member of the community who was a regular letter writer when that corresponden...

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