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The Kansas City Star

NEWSPAPER

Founded 18th September 1880 by William Rockhill Nelson. In 1901 it acquired the Kansas City Times which became its morning edition. The paper was sold to Capitol Cities in 1977, a company later acquired by Disney, which sold this paper along with several others to Knight-Ridder in 1997.

Official Website:
http://www.kansascity.com/

Location:
Kansas City, MO

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Walter Cronkite
Journalist
 4-Nov-1916 17-Jul-2009 America's most trusted newscaster
Roy O. Disney
Business
 24-Jun-1893 20-Dec-1971 Walt Disney's brother
Walt Disney
Business
 5-Dec-1901 15-Dec-1966 Founder of Disney empire
Steve Doocy
Journalist
 19-Oct-1956   Fox & Friends
Ernest Hemingway
Author
 21-Jul-1899 2-Jul-1961 The Old Man And The Sea
David Hunke
Publisher
 c. 1952   Newspaper publisher
William Allen White
Journalist
 10-Feb-1868 29-Jan-1944 The Emporia Gazette


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