Former Milwaukee Journal editorial editor David Behrendt dies at 89

Longtime Milwaukee journalist David Behrendt has died at the age of 89, reports Tom Daykin of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

David Behrendt

A native of Stevens Point, Behrendt earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in journalism from UW-Madison. He went on to work as a reporter for the Decatur (Illinois) Review and joined the The Milwaukee Journal as a reporter in 1960. He became a copy editor in 1970 and an editorial writer the following year. Behrendt later served as editor of the newspaper’s Crossroads section, and he was a member of the Journal Sentinel editorial board from 1995 — when the newspaper was formed through The Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Sentinel merger — until his retirement in 1998.

He also was The Journal‘s editorial page editor from 1984 to 1995.

In his retirement, Behrendt continued to be published in the Journal Sentinel.

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