Ross Newhan: key obituary facts
Is Ross Newhan dead? Yes. Ross Newhan died on October 25, 2026, at age 89.
Cause of death: Ross Newhan's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Ross Newhan known for?
He was an American journalist.
More about Ross Newhan
Born: 1901.
Gender: male.
Occupation: journalist.
Ross Newhan, an American sportswriter known for his work at the Los Angeles Times and Long Beach Press-Telegram, died October 25, 2026, aged 89.
Born April 5, 1937, he began his journalism career in 1961 and retired in 2004. At the Long Beach Press-Telegram, he was a columnist; at the Los Angeles Times, he covered baseball.
Those roles placed him at two Southern California newspapers, with his work spanning both general sports commentary and baseball coverage. Newhan received the 1997 Associated Press Sports Editors Award for a story about the sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The following year, he was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. In 2000, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America presented him with the J. G. Taylor Spink Award, an annual honor recognizing baseball writing. Newhan also co-authored Coaching Baseball Successfully. His family included his wife, Constance “Connie” Fisher, and their son, David Newhan, a former Major League Baseball player and coach. From the start of his career in 1961 through his retirement in 2004, Newhan worked as a sports journalist, columnist and baseball writer, earning recognition from sports editors and baseball writers’ organizations for his reporting.