R.W. Apple, famed reporter and editor at The New York Times, has died at age 71. This obit at the NYT site notes that Apple was on occasion "cruelly short-tempered with hotel clerks, copy editors and political aides."
UPDATE: The Times has published Apple's final story, a list of his favorite restaurants worldwide. The use of the word "gourmand" in the headline is appropriate.
ANOTHER UPDATE: The headline on the story now reads "gourmet" instead. Both words fit Apple, but I like it the first way better.
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
R.W. Apple dies
It seems the paper changed "gourmand" to "gourmet."