James Baughman, a longtime journalism professor at UW-Madison, died Saturday morning from lung cancer, according to university officials. He was 64. Saturday had been deemed James Baughman Day with a proclamation signed by Mayor Paul Soglin that said the day was to celebrate “the love and intellectual passion (Baughman) has inspired in his current and former students, and for his contributions to scholarship, history, journalism and education.”
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