Peter Kaplan, former New York Observer editor, dead at 59

http://twitter.com/#!/NikkiFinke/status/406652641532325888

Peter Kaplan, who served as editor of the New York Observer for 15 years, died Friday of cancer, the New York Times reports. Kaplan’s vast influence on journalism was apparent in the reaction to his death on Twitter.

http://twitter.com/#!/MSignorile/status/406648662299660289
http://twitter.com/#!/ClaraJeffery/status/406640410899914753
http://twitter.com/#!/clairehoworth/status/406638994999771136
http://twitter.com/#!/NikkiFinke/status/406651699793653760
http://twitter.com/#!/NikkiFinke/status/406658376798437376

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/11/30/peter-kaplan-former-new-york-observer-editor-dead-at-59/