WASHINGTON — Former Washington Post ombudsman Deborah Howell, a veteran editor who helped lead two news organizations to three Pulitzer Prizes, has died. She was 68.
Howell suffered fatal injuries when she was struck by a car while vacationing in New Zealand, stepson Nick Coleman said, speaking by phone from Minnesota.
Deborah Howell dies; husband headed UM system in 1980s
Saturday, January 2, 2010 | 11:45 a.m. CST;
updated 11:06 a.m. CST, Sunday, January 3, 2010
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