James Hoge dead: Chicago Sun-Times editor was 87
Mr. Hoge didn’t hesitate to sign off on the Mirage Tavern sting when reporter Pam Zekman pitched it to him while walking across the Michigan Avenue Bridge in 1977.
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Mr. Hoge didn’t hesitate to sign off on the Mirage Tavern sting when reporter Pam Zekman pitched it to him while walking across the Michigan Avenue Bridge in 1977.
Former Sun-Times Editor James Hoge, who helped usher in a golden age of Chicago journalism by hiring young talent and signing off on audacious investigative projects, died Tuesday at age 87
He was publisher of The Chicago Sun-Times, where he was also its top editor, and New York’s Daily News. He was later editor of the headier Foreign Affairs magazine.