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THURSDAY € December 13, 2001
OBITUARIES: Susan Forrest, reporter who won Pulitzer
Associated Press
Thursday, December 13, 2001
Susan Forrest, who won a Pulitzer Prize for her coverage of Massachusetts
Gov. Michael Dukakis' furlough of convicted murderer Willie Horton, died
while visiting her sister in Decatur.
Her mother, Phyllis Davidson of Boca Raton, Fla., said Tuesday that Ms.
Forrest, 42, of Queens, N.Y., died in her sleep Dec. 5.
She said an autopsy was performed on her daughter's body, which was
cremated, to determine the cause of death. Results will not be known for six
to eight weeks, she said.
Ms. Forrest's coverage of Mr. Dukakis' furlough of Mr. Horton helped doom
Mr. Dukakis' 1988 presidential bid. George Bush effectively used the
furlough, during which Mr. Horton raped a woman, to help clinch his win.
She won journalism's top prize while working at the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune
in Massachusetts. She later worked for Newsday and the New York Post. She
graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno, in 1982.
Ms. Davidson said Ms. Forest was visiting her sister, Debra Sidell, for the
holidays while looking for a job in the Atlanta area.
She said her daughter was laid off from the New York Daily News in June and
had been working as a Red Cross volunteer at the World Trade Center while
looking for another job.
''She sounded fine,'' Ms. Davidson said. ''I asked her if it was too much
for her, and she told me it wasn't as long as she was helping out.''
''She wrote passionate, compassionate stories,'' said Joe Demma, a former
editor at Newsday. A memorial service is scheduled Sunday at Temple Beth El
in Boca Raton.
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