Lee Benson (25 August 1948,
Sandy, Utah-)is a sportswriter and
columnist
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for the ''
Deseret News
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''.
He has covered at least nine
Olympic Games for the paper and has written columns on
Mormon issues. He has also co-authored a book with
James W. Parkinson
James W. Parkinson (born 1949) is a California lawyer and author, an activist for reparations to be paid to Americans who were slave laborers for private Japanese companies during World War II.
Parkinson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He r ...
about American
prisoners of war
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Belligerents hold priso ...
of the
Japan
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ese during
World War II and their attempts to obtain reparations.
Benson is the author of ''And They Came to Pass'', a book about Brigham Young University's string of successful quarterbacks. He co-authored ''In Plain Sight: The Startling Truth Behind the Elizabeth Smart investigation'' with Tom Smart,
and co-authored
Billy Casper's 2012 autobiography, ''The Big Three And Me'', with Casper and James Parkinson(2012).
Benson is a 1976 graduate of
Brigham Young University. He has been sports editor of the ''Deseret News'' and as of the beginning of 2012 was a columnist for the news who wrote on metro-Salt Lake City issues.
Benson is a twin. His brother,
Dee Benson
Dee Vance Benson (August 25, 1948 – November 30, 2020) was a Senior United States district judge and chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah. He was briefly a professional soccer player. He was nominated as ju ...
was a former chief
judge
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for the
United States District Court for the
State of Utah.
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References
Sources
Highbeam entryDeseret Book bio of Benson
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Living people
American male journalists
American twins
Deseret News people
Benson family
1948 births
Brigham Young University alumni
People from Sandy, Utah