Poetic Obituaries: Barbara Christensen said her late husband [Max Christensen]

will live on in "Poetry of Probably Rare Beauty," a book that contains a chapter written by an alter ego, Ned, who was a Nebraska farm boy. Mrs. Christensen said her late husband published two books, and two more will be published soon.

He also wrote a syndicated column for the San Francisco Examiner for 14 years and was a political-speech ghost writer for one president and two senators. He was an Associated Press reporter and the editor of a Nevada City, Calif., newspaper.

from The Grand Island  Independent: G.I. native dies after writing, ministry career

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