Ned Day
{{Short description|American journalist}}
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|birth_name=Edward Gately Day, Jr.
|birth_date={{birth date|1945|4|5}}
|birth_place=Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1987|9|3|1945|4|5}}
|death_place=Hawaii, U.S.
|resting_place=Palm Memorial Park, Las Vegas, U.S.
|nationality=American
|occupation=Journalist
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Edward Gately Day, Jr. (April 5, 1945 – September 3, 1987) was an American journalist and newspaper reporter who was known for taking on mobsters who dominated a number of Las Vegas casinos in the 1970s and '80s.{{Cite web|url=http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7019530|title=Presence of Ned Day, Titan of Nevada News, Still Felt|access-date=2020-05-11|archive-date=2012-09-03|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120903152031/http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7019530|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.lasvegasnow.com/news/presence-of-ned-day-titan-of-nevada-news-still-felt|title=Presence of Ned Day, Titan of Nevada News, Still Felt|date=2007-09-04|newspaper=LASVEGASNOW|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-03}}
Biography
Day's father, also named Ned Day Sr., was a professional bowler.{{Cite web|url=https://www.milwaukeemag.com/2011/10/28/MeandtheMob/|title=Me and the Mob|last=Matthews|first=Tom|date=2011-10-28|website=Milwaukee Magazine|access-date=2016-11-03}} After several attempts to follow his father's career path, he moved to Las Vegas in the mid-1970s.{{Cite news|url=http://knpr.org/knpr/2015-05/remembering-legendary-las-vegas-journalist-ned-day-part-i|title=Remembering Legendary Las Vegas Journalist Ned Day, Part I|newspaper=Nevada Public Radio|access-date=2016-11-03}}
Career
After moving to Las Vegas, Day began working as a reporter for the former North Las Vegas Valley Times newspaper. He later wrote columns for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. In the late 1970s, he became the managing editor and a reporter for KLAS-TV. His trademark on-air signoff was "I thought you'd like to know, I'm Ned Day."{{Cite news|url=http://knpr.org/knpr/2015-05/remembering-legendary-las-vegas-journalist-ned-day-part-ii|title=Remembering Legendary Las Vegas Journalist Ned Day, Part II|newspaper=Nevada Public Radio|access-date=2016-11-03}}
In 1986, Day's car, which he was not in at the time, was torched.{{Cite web|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/car-bombings-once-popular-mob-tactic-in-las-vegas/|title=Car bombings once popular mob tactic in Las Vegas|date=May 9, 2007}} Day described it as "the happiest day in my life, when the mob firebombed my car."
On September 3, 1987, Day died on vacation while snorkeling in Hawaii, at 42.{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/568d47873901db4749948508288cac3d|title=Las Vegas Journalist Dies In Hawaii|website=www.apnewsarchive.com|access-date=2016-11-03}} The coroner's office ruled it a natural death from a heart attack.
References
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External links
- {{Find a Grave|15459144}}
- [http://nevadapress.com/about-us/hall-of-fame/ned-day/ Ned Day in Nevada Press Association Hall of Fame]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZSbFkiYoFA Channel 8 Tribute to Ned Day]
- [https://www.milwaukeemag.com/2011/10/28/MeandtheMob/ Tom Matthews, "Me and the Mob," Milwaukee Magazine, October 28, 2011]
- [http://www.lasvegasnow.com/news/60-years-klastv-documents-mobs-rise-fall-in-las-vegas "60 Years: KLAS-TV Documents Mob's Rise, Fall in Las Vegas," KLAS-TV, July 18, 2013]
- [http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/norm-clarke/george-knapp-remembers-former-rj-columnist-ned-day Norm Clarke, "George Knapp Remembers Former RJ Columnist Ned Day," Las Vegas Review-Journal, April 12, 2015]
- [http://vegasseven.com/2011/01/20/george-knapp/ Sean DeFrank, "George Knapp: Seven Questions," January 20, 2011]
- [https://www.unlv.edu/sites/default/files/page_files/27/JMS-Scholarship-NedDayMemorial.pdf Ned Day Memorial Scholarship at University of Nevada Las Vegas]
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Category:American male journalists
Category:American television reporters and correspondents
Category:Journalists from Las Vegas
Category:Television anchors from Las Vegas