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Article: Alan L. Otten, political reporter for Wall Street Journal; at 88
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 22, 2009
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WASHINGTON - Alan L. Otten, a former Washington bureau chief for
the Wall Street Journal who was widely regarded as one of the
outstanding political reporters of his era, died Aug. 10 at the
Sunrise assisted living center in Washington.
He was 88 and had a vascular disease.
During his 44 years with the Journal, Mr. Otten covered seven
presidential campaigns, starting with Dwight D. Eisenhower's first
run in 1952.
In addition to reporting on congressional, state, and local
elections, he headed the Journal's Washington bureau from 1968 to
1973.
After his time as Washington bureau chief, he spent several years
as a senior national correspondent and then headed the Journal's
European bureau in ...