Angus Lind is retired American journalist. He retired in July 2009 after 39 years with the ''Times-Picayune'' and the now-defunct afternoon ''States-Item'' newspaper. He began as a general assignment reporter for the ''States-Item'' in 1970 and covered the biggest local news stories of that decade, including the plane crash of U.S. Rep. Hale Boggs ( D- LA) in

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, the Downtown Howard Johnson

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incident, the Rault Center fire in which five women leaped to their deaths, the Upstairs Lounge fire, and the construction of the

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. In 1977, Lind began his column. When the ''States-Item'' merged with the ''Times-Picayune'' in 1980, the column became a mainstay for the "Living" section for 32 years. His columns kept readers in touch with the city's abnormal, unpredictable, and often inexplicable pulse. He tapped out occasionally irreverent, sometimes amusing stories chronicling the eccentricities and human comedy that constitute New Orleans. He profiled many of the city's zaniest characters, including "Black Cat" Lacombe, "Leapin' Lou" Messina, Buddy Diliberto, Abdul D. Tentmakur, and

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. Lind frequently wrote about the "erster" and "erl" dialect of the loveable citizens known as "Yats." A "Yat" is a person who greets another person with "Where y'at?" instead of "How's it going?" He typically shunned commentary on political controversy but did write poignant stories including his columns on

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which were popular. Lind has been cited for his comments on topics such as American newspaper mottoes, Louisiana coffee, and New Orleans musicians. On 2009 May 31 Lind announced his retirement in his final column. "Angus has an amazing talent for putting into words what many New Orleanians were thinking"—according to reader Bob Manard, already nostalgic over Lind's last column. Ann Purnell Collom compared Lind to

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. After retiring, Lind authored ''Prime Angus'', a collection of readers' favorite columns through the years. Prior to joining the staff of the ''States-Item'', Lind was sports editor of the ''

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), where he covered the

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and the careers of

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of Ole Miss and "Pistol Pete" Maravich of

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. Lind is a graduate of Isidore Newman High School in New Orleans and

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. He served in the

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. He is a fan of

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and owns racehorses with friends in a

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. Lind lives in New Orleans with his wife Anne Grinnan Lind, a

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native. They have two children—Patrick Angus Lind and Catherine Lind Frame—both of New Orleans.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lind, Angus 1944 births Living people American columnists People from Jefferson Parish, Louisiana Writers from New Orleans

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