Robert E. Johnson, 73, Jet magazine executive editor, dies in Chicago.(Obituary)

From: Jet | Date: January 15, 1996 | Copyright information

Johnson was a managing editor and an executive editor for Jet for 42 years, and he was an important bridge between African American editors and celebrities. He got his first professional job as a journalist for the Atlanta Daily World in 1948 and joined Jet in 1953.

College presidents, federal judges, national leaders, administrators, entertainers, journalists and ordinary people recently paid tribute to JET Associate Publisher and Executive Editor Robert Edward Johnson at funeral ...

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