Nick Boddie Williams (1906–1992), known as Nick B. Williams, was the editor of the ''

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'' from 1958 to 1971."Nick Williams, Editor Who Shaped the Los Angeles Times," ''New York Times,'' July 3, 1992
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, and studied at the University of Texas, where he earned a degree in government in 1929. He worked for the ''

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'' in Nashville and the '' Los Angeles Express'' before joining the ''Times'' in 1931 as a copy editor. He died at the age of 85 on July 1, 1992, in South Laguna, California. He was survived by his wife, Barbara; three daughters, Susan Williams, Elliot Davis and Elizabeth Agajanian; and a son, Nick Van Boddie Williams Jr.

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