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Vin Cherwoo, longtime AP sports desk editor and union leader, dies at 56

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Vin Cherwoo, a trusted editor and writer for The Associated Press sports desk for more than three decades and the president of the News Media Guild, has died. Cherwoo died early Friday in Tampa, Florida, following a long illness, said his wife, Stacy. Known affectionately as “Woo” by many colleagues and friends, Cherwoo was a reliable mainstay of the sports department’s night editing crew.

First report: Vin Cherwoo, longtime AP sports desk editor and union leader, dies at 56 — apnews.com, 10d