Ray Hartmann, founder of Riverfront Times and ‘Donnybrook’ personality, killed in car crash
Ray Hartmann, 73, a well-known journalist and media personality in St. Louis, was killed Thursday afternoon in an accident on Interstate 64, west of I-270. He was pronounced dead at Mercy Hospital St. Louis. Hartmann retired from the popular Nine PBS prime program Donnybrook, where he rarely missed an appearance in his 37 years on […] The post Ray Hartmann, founder of Riverfront Times and ‘Donnybrook’ personality, killed in car crash appeared first on St. Louis American.
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Ray Hartmann, 73, a well-known journalist and media personality in St. Louis, was killed Thursday afternoon in an accident on Interstate 64, west of I-270. He was pronounced dead at Mercy Hospital St. Louis.
Hartmann retired from the popular Nine PBS prime program Donnybrook, where he rarely missed an appearance in his 37 years on the program. Along with a panel of four other St. Louis journalists, Hartman delighted fans with his quick-witted, highly opinionated and endearing conversational style.
Hartmann made his mark as the founder of the Riverfront Times, where he was also a contributor until he sold the paper in 1998. He was a voice on KTRS and a speechwriter for the late Christopher S. (Kit) Bond, Missouri’s youngest-ever governor.
Hartmann acquired St. Louis Magazine in 2002 and managed it until its sale in 2018. He was inducted into the St. Louis Print Media Hall of Fame, named Media Person of the Year by the Press Club of Metropolitan St. Louis and twice won the Missouri National Education Association’s statewide Horace Mann Award for contributions to public education in journalism.
Hartmann is a graduate of Parkway Central High School and the University of Missouri-Columbia, where he received a bachelor’s degree. He is survived by his wife, Kerri, and one son and one daughter, who are both in college.
Sylvester Brown Jr. is the Deaconess Foundation Community Advocacy Fellow.
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