Oklahoma Editor/Reporter Leonard Jackson Dies at 86

By: E&P Staff Longtime Oklahoma journalist Leonard Jackson died Saturday in Norman at 86. He worked for almost half a century for Oklahoman and Oklahoma City Times as a reporter and editorial writer.

After his retirement, he continued to work part time as an editorial writer well into the 1990s, later working as a features writer for the Norman bureau.

In April, Jackson "moved into the Rivermont Retirement Home in Norman. While there, he continued to submit articles to The Oklahoman as a correspondent until a few months before his death," the newspaper reports.

He also wrote editorials for The Norman Transcript in the late 1960s.