Sad News - Ed Hinton
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Edward T. "Ed" Hinton, 76, died Feb. 6, 2025 at Brookwood Hospital in Birmingham, Ala. He was born July 21, 1948, in Laurel.
Mr. Hinton was preceded in death by his parents Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Hinton (Alice) of the Pendorff Community; and his wife Pamela Snow Hinton.
He retired from ESPN as senior motorsports writer. Throughout his 40-year career as a sports writer, he started out as sportswriter with the Laurel Leader-Call in 1970. He went on to write for the Orlando Sentinel, The Atlanta Journal, The National and The Chicago Tribune. Also, he was a senior writer for Sports Illustrated magazine. He covered mainly motorsports, but also college and professional football and baseball.
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