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By Greg Garrison
AL.com
He was 36.
His mother, Mary Latimore of Birmingham, said she was unable to reach him Tuesday night or Wednesday morning and asked for a wellness check. He was found dead at his home by Atlanta Police just after noon on Wednesday.
Mrs. Latimore said her son suffered from congestive heart failure.
“He had been hospitalized several times,” she said. “I assume his heart just gave out on him.”
She said he was salutatorian at Woodlawn High School, where he graduated in 2002. He earned his bachelor’s degree in communications from Tennessee State University. He worked at several jobs in journalism, including as a page designer for Alabama Media Group, publisher of AL.com, The Birmingham News, The Huntsville Times and the Mobile Press-Register, from 2012-2014.
‘Atlanta Voice’ Editor Marshall Latimore Found Dead At 36
Latimore was editor-in-chief and chief content officer of The Atlanta Voice, which calls itself “the largest circulated Black-owned newspaper in the greater Atlanta area.
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Marshall Latimore, the editor-in-chief and chief content officer of the
Atlanta Voice, was found dead in the Georgia city on Wednesday (March 10). He was 36.
According to the
Journal-isms, officers responded to a “person down” call at around 12:52 p.m.
“Upon arrival, officers located an unresponsive male who was not alert, not conscious, or breathing,” a police statement regarding Latimore’s death reads, according to the Journal-isms. “Grady Ems [Grady Emergency Medical Services, an ambulance provider for medically related calls] pronounced the male deceased on scene and the decedent was removed by the Fulton County Medical Examiner who will lead the investigation to determine the cause of death.�
Atlanta Voice editor Marshall A. Latimore dies at 36
Latimore was executive editor and chief content officer of the largest Black-owned newspaper in the Atlanta area.
The executive editor and chief content officer of
The Atlanta Voice newspaper and member of the National Association of Black Journalists was found dead in his home Wednesday by officers conducting a welfare check after a “person down call.”
Marshall A. Latimore, executive editor and chief content officer of The Atlanta Voice newspaper, was found dead in his home Wednesday. He was 36. (The Atlanta Voice)
The Atlanta Voiceis the largest circulated Black-owned newspaper in the Atlanta area.
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