美联社资深局长安迪·利普曼于7月25日在亚利桑那州图森的家中去世，享年78岁[1]。利普曼死于多系统萎缩，这是一种罕见脑病[1]。
利普曼在美联社度过了39年的职业生涯，曾担任洛杉矶分局局长[1]。在这一职位上，他主持了多起重大新闻事件的报道，包括O.J. Simpson案件、1994年北岭地震和1992年洛杉矶骚乱[1]。其中北岭地震造成超过70人死亡，经济损失达200亿美元[1]；洛杉矶骚乱则发生在警察打伤黑人驾驶者罗德尼·金后[1]。利普曼凭借出色的编辑能力和对员工的指导被公认为一名模范局长。
利普曼1970年毕业于西北大学梅迪尔新闻学院[1]，1971年在美联社凤凰城分局开始其新闻生涯[1]。2005年，他获得了Oliver S. Gramling精神奖[1]。利普曼于2009年从美联社退休[1]，退休后继续从事志愿服务工作，2022年被Puente Learning Center评为年度志愿者[1]。
Andy Lippman, a veteran Associated Press bureau chief who oversaw coverage of some of the most consequential events in American journalism, died on July 25 in his home in Tucson, Arizona [1]. He was 78 years old [1]. Lippman died from multiple system atrophy, a rare neurological disease [1].
During his 39-year career at the AP, Lippman served as bureau chief in Los Angeles, where he directed the news organization's coverage of the O.J. Simpson trial, the 1994 Northridge earthquake that killed more than 70 people and caused $20 billion in damage, and the 1992 Los Angeles riots that erupted following the police beating of motorist Rodney King [1]. He was widely recognized as an exemplary bureau chief for his editorial acumen and mentorship of staff [1].
Lippman graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism in 1970 and began his AP career in 1971 at the Phoenix bureau [1]. He received the Oliver S. Gramling Spirit Award in 2005 and retired from the AP in 2009 [1]. In 2022, he was named volunteer of the year by Puente Learning Center [1].