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Oct 01, 1925 Culpeper, Virginia, United States Died on 20 Mar 2001 (aged 75)
American journalist
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About George L. Thurston Iii
- George Lee Thurston III (October 1, 1925 - March 20, 2001) was a reporter and writer.
- His work included broadcast television, newspaper, and radio reports as well as books.
- He wrote about researching ancestry and his family's ancestry as well as on rivers n Florida.
- His book on ancestry research has been recommended.
- He was the first full-time broadcast journalist to cover the Florida Legislature.
- He was also involved in amateur radio.
- He had a fishing column.Thurston was afflicted with tuberculosis when he was 14.He wrote about the Wacissa River. He wrote about the Rodenberry / Rodenbery family as well as other families.He and a colleague toppled the nomination of Harrold Carswell to the U.S.
- Supreme Court when they uncovered a speech he had given in support of White Supremacy.He had a wife Maryjane and four children.He covered civil rights protests including lunch counter sit ins.
- He cultivated a relationship with governor Reubin Askew.He is buried at Oakland Cemetery in Tallahassee.
