Ned Day
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Biography
Day's father, also named Ned Day Sr., was a professional bowler.[3] After several attempts to follow his father's career path, he moved to Las Vegas in the mid-1970s.[4]
Career
After moving to Las Vegas, Day began working as a reporter for the former North Las Vegas Valley Times newspaper. He later wrote columns for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. In the late 1970s, he became the managing editor and a reporter for KLAS-TV. His trademark on-air signoff was "I thought you'd like to know, I'm Ned Day."[5]
In 1986, Day's car, which he was not in at the time, was torched.[6] Day described it as "the happiest day in my life, when the mob firebombed my car."[1][2]
On September 3, 1987, Day died on vacation while snorkeling in Hawaii, at 42.[7] The coroner's office ruled it a natural death from a heart attack.[2]
References
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External links
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- Ned Day in Nevada Press Association Hall of Fame
- Channel 8 Tribute to Ned Day
- Tom Matthews, "Me and the Mob," Milwaukee Magazine, October 28, 2011
- "60 Years: KLAS-TV Documents Mob's Rise, Fall in Las Vegas," KLAS-TV, July 18, 2013
- Norm Clarke, "George Knapp Remembers Former RJ Columnist Ned Day," Las Vegas Review-Journal, April 12, 2015
- Sean DeFrank, "George Knapp: Seven Questions," January 20, 2011
- Ned Day Memorial Scholarship at University of Nevada Las Vegas