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Alan Lupo, 70, "The Hub's Herooutus"

From The Boston Globe — 9/30/2008

Alan Lupo, chronicler of Boston, dies

Mr. Lupo, one of few columnists whose work appeared in the latter-day troika of Boston newsprint - the Globe, the Herald, and the Phoenix - died yesterday ...

The Hub's Herodotus, Mr. Lupo captured the city's unfolding histories as they played out in courts, schools, and discreet handshake deals among the powerful. Reaching beyond the confines of newspaper stories, he left the Globe in the early 1970s to serve as an editor and reporter on the WGBH-TV show "The Reporters," which he helped found.