Former Sun-Times Editor Ralph Otwell Dies

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When deadlines and explosive investigative stories created pressure inside the Chicago Sun-Times newsroom, Ralph M. Otwell remained calm, thoughtful and judicious, even in a journalism era when it was almost expected that some staffers would occasionally yell and kick wastebaskets, or even pick up a typewriter with the aim of throwing it.

Mr. Otwell, a longtime Evanston resident, died March 8 at 90 at Evanston Hospital.

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