George Ramos, 63

George Ramos, a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner at the Los Angeles Times, was found dead in his hom in San Luis Obispo. He was 63. Cal. Cal Coast News, via LA Observed.
Ramos was given credit for reviving the journalism program at Cal Poly, San Luis Obisp, the school he attended.
Ramos was a Vietnam veteran, serving as a 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Army.
After his discharge, he went to work as a reporter, at Copley News Service in the early 1990s and then on to the Los Angeles Times.
I worked with Ramos at Copley for a couple of years and he was a funny, passionate man with a huge heart and great compassion. He will be missed by all who knew him.