JIM KLOBUCHAR, the longtime TWIN CITIES newspaper columnist, TV and radio host, and father of Sen. AMY KLOBUCHAR (D-MN), died WEDNESDAY (5/12) in BURNSVILLE, MN at 93. He had been battling Alzheimer's disease but a cause of death was not immediately disclosed.
KLOBUCHAR joined the MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE from AP in 1961 as MINNESOTA VIKINGS beat reporter, then, after a brief spell at the ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS in 1965, was tapped to write a general interest column for the TRIBUNE's afternoon ...