Ambramson, former 'Tennessean' reporter, dies at 70

Rudy Abramson, who co-edited the Encyclopedia of Appalachia and wrote for The Tennessean in the late 1950s and '60s, has died at age 70 after suffering a fall at his home in Virginia, The LA Times reports. He had worked in The Times' DC bureau from 1966 to 1993.