
Paul Akers, editorial page editor for the Free Lance-Star, died Friday night from heart surgery complications. He was 63.
The paper honored Akers: Longtime editorial page editor dies
Akers joined the Free Lance-Star in 1998, following his tenure as a senior writer for The Heritage Foundation, a conservative policy research institute in Washington.
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