Deletion of Earl Nightingale

Comment: It is easy to nominate to delete.  However, I was always under the opinion that we should require all editors to do a little work such as background investigation before nominating.  A quick Google News search gives the following results http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22Earl+Nightingale%22&sa=N&lnav=m.  Does the article need a rewrite, Yes.  But that is not a valid reason for an |AFD nomination.  Thanks
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion (WP:AFD)