Walter Mears

Walter R. Mears (January 11, 1935 – March 3, 2022) was an American journalist, author, and teacher. He was one of the people talked about in the 1973 non-fiction book The Boys on the Bus. He helped cover the 1972 presidential election between Richard Nixon and George McGovern. He won the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for his coverage of the 1976 Presidential campaign and election.

Mears died on March 3, 2022 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina from cancer, aged 87.

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