After buying the ailing Milwaukee Sentinel in 1962, The Milwaukee Journal installed a turnaround crew including Navy veteran Robert H. (Bob) Wills.
As city editor for more than a decade and then as editor from 1975-1991, Wills imprinted the scrappy morning daily with his forceful personality and passion for news. He became a state and national journalism leader, banking on his competitive fire to build coalitions with other media to protect press freedoms and First Amendment rights.
Wills died early Thursday in Madison, said his son Bob. He slipped away quietly, his son said with a touch of gentle humor, knowing that