Veteran reporter Barry Horstman left his native Cincinnati several times in his career, but he always came back, spending most of the last 20 years in the city he loved.

Horstman died Monday after collapsing in the Enquirer newsroom. His cause of death is unknown.

Horstman, 60, of Mount Lookout, was a consummate story-teller, either when writing a story or regaling others with tales of his latest international vacation.