Matt McHale, sports editor and writer *

Matt McHale, the former assistant sports editor at the Daily News and longtime Dodgers beat writer for the Daily News, Pasadena Star News and Orange County Register, died today in Connecticut from complications of a recent stroke and heart attack. McHale left the Daily News in the March buyouts and fell ill shortly after. Here's the SportsJournalists.com thread about his condition and the thread where colleagues are posting in response to the news.

* Daily News obit: McHale was 50. Story

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