Rachel Zoll, much-admired AP religion writer, dead at 55 DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer May 7, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5Associated Press Religion Writer Rachel Zoll, second from right, receives a visit in Amherst, Mass., on Oct. 26, 2018, from Managing Editor Brian J. Carovillano, editor at large Jerry Schwartz, and Deputy Managing Editor Sarah L. Nordgren after being awarded an Oliver S. Gramling Journalism Award for being AP's pre-eminent voice on religion for more than a decade. Zoll, who for 17 years as a religion writer for The Associated Press endeared herself to colleagues, competitors, and sources with her warm heart and world-class reporting skills, has died after a three-year bout with brain cancer. She was 55. (Cheryl Zoll via AP)Cheryl Zoll/APShow MoreShow Less