Roy Reed (February 14, 1930 – December 10, 2017) was an American journalist. He wrote about the

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for ''

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''. He was the author of several books, including ''Looking for Hogeye'' (1986); a biography of Governor Orval Faubus, ''Faubus: The Life and Times of an American Prodigal'' (1997); and ''Beware of Limbo Dancers: A Correspondent's Adventures with the New York Times'' (2012). He also edited ''Looking Back at the Arkansas Gazette: An Oral History'' (2009). After leaving ''

'' in 1979, he taught in the Journalism Department of the

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, Fayetteville, serving as chairman from 1981 to 1982. After his retirement, the Journalism Department established the Roy Reed Lecture Series in his honor. Reed died of a stroke on December 10, 2017.

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