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Passionately covered all facets of UMD sports as an award-winning editor, sportswriter and columnist for the Duluth News-Tribune for 38 years ... volunteered on a number of Bulldog booster groups, including the UMD Hoop Club, and was a member of the first UMD Athletic Hall of Fame selection committee .. is the namesake of the Bruce Bennett Award, which since 1998 has been presented on a regular basis to an individual for his/her service to UMD Athletics ... earned induction into the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center Hall of Fame (1986), the Minnesota Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame (1991) and the Minnesota Softball Hall of Fame (1997) and was named the Minnesota Sportswriter of the Year by the Associated Press in both 1965 and 1997 ... was the recipient of the 2002 Marsh Nelson Award from Grandma's Marathon ... died of an apparent heart attack on April 13, 1998 at the age of 61 -- just three months after his retirement from the newspaper business ... was born in Marquette, Mich., grew up in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, and graduated from the University of Michigan.