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June 7, 2012
Brooklyn Eagle's Dennis Holt, dean of Brooklyn reporters, dies at 83
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Dennis Holt, longtime Brooklyn newspaper columnist and an inveterate booster of Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards project (and, consequently, a not-infrequent target of NoLandGrab's jibes) has passed away. While we rarely took the same side on local development issues, we're sorry to see him go. Our condolences to Mr. Holt's family and friends.
Dennis Holt, longtime columnist and staff writer for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and sister publications including the Brooklyn Heights Press, died on Thursday after complications from a fall in his home on May 14.
Mr. Holt was 83 years old.
He suffered broken ribs and a blow to the head, made worse by one of his medications, a blood thinner.
After serving many years as press advisor to a number of elected officials, including former Rep. Stephen Solarz, Mr. Holt was one of the founding editors of the award-winning Brooklyn Phoenix newspaper in 1972. In the mid-1990s, when the Brooklyn Daily Eagle was revived and merged with the existing Brooklyn Daily Bulletin, Mr. Holt became a senior editor and columnist.
He was an active contributor to the Eagle family of publications until his fall, writing the "Brooklyn Broadside" column and other features.
Plans for a memorial service are pending.
Posted by eric at June 7, 2012 10:41 PM