Chuck Heaton

Chuck Heaton
Born Charles Heaton, Jr.
(1917-08-22)August 22, 1917
Yonkers, New York
Died February 14, 2008(2008-02-14) (aged 90)
Westlake, Ohio
Education Bachelor of Arts, Journalism
Alma mater John Carroll University
Occupation Sportswriter, columnist, author, TV sports commentator
Religion Roman Catholic
Spouse(s) Patricia Hurd (m. 1949; d. 1971)
Cecilia Evers (m. 1975)
Children 5; including Patricia Heaton

Charles "Chuck" Heaton, Jr. (August 22, 1917 – February 14, 2008) was an American sports news columnist, journalist, commentator, and reporter.

He worked for 50 years as a sportswriter for The Cleveland Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio. He was also the father of actress Patricia Heaton of Everybody Loves Raymond and The Middle.

Among the many awards he received during his career was the Pro Football Writers Association award for distinguished reporting.[1][2][3] After his death from pneumonia at the age of 90, the Press Club in Cleveland established the annual Chuck Heaton Award, given to a print, radio, online or television journalist "who best exemplifies the sensitivity and humility that, along with his journalism heart, were traits exhibited by Chuck Heaton during his exemplary career as a sports writer at The Plain Dealer".[4]

Bibliography

A Fond Look Back At Five Decades Of Football From A Legendary Cleveland Sportswriter, by Chuck Heaton, ISBN 978-1-59851-043-0, Gray & Co., Publishing, 2007.

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