63 year old newspaper editor dies after 'sex act' with 23 year old

[NewJeffCT]

I hope he went out with a smile on his face at least. Tyrion Lannister would approve of his death.

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Bob Caldwell, a longtime editor at the Oregonian newspaper, died Saturday, March 10, after suffering a heart attack, but the chain of events that led to his death have raised a few eyebrows as details of his last hours have began to surface.

Caldwell was at the home of a 23-year-old woman he met at Portland Community College about a year ago. The woman called 911 after Caldwell became unresponsive after the two had engaged in a sex act, the Oregonian reports. The 63-year-old was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/13/bob-caldwell-oregonian-editorial-page-edior-dies-sex-act-woman_n_1342364.html?ref=media

[LisaL]

1. At least he died doing what he loved to do (I assume).

[siligut]

2. I wonder if Viagra was involved?

I don't go to Huffington anymore, it takes too long to load.

[Arugula Latte]

3. I feel sorry for his wife and kids.

Can you imagine...dealing with the shock of his death and then, Bam!, the shock and humiliation of this situation...

[NewJeffCT]

6. And, it wasn't just an affair

he gave her money & books in exchange for sex... I wonder if he was a Republican?

[blueknight]

15. yes

he certainly was a rethug

[grasswire]

23. the newspaper only endorsed a Dem 3 times in 150 years...

...for POTUS

[Arugula Latte]

18. And also, his kids are all daughters

Unless Bob fathered one of them at age 40 or more (he was 63), I'm guessing they're all older than the 23-year-old. Yuck.

[VenusRising]

11. Your post made me LOL!

I read: "and then, Bam!" as: "and then, Bambi."

I need my eyes checked.

[ZenLefty]

4. Poor bastard.

I do hope the woman isn't traumatized, though.

[grasswire]

22. what about his wife and daughters?

Do you s'pose they are traumatized a wee bit?

[Moondog]

5. This account has a somewhat different angle -

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/oregon-newspaper-editor-bob-caldwell-dies-heart-attack-making-love-woman-paid-sex-article-1.1038617?localLinksEnabled=false

[nolabear]

26. Boy, talk about living by the sword and dying by the sword!

And the pen(is) being mightier all at the same time.

[HappyMe]

7. I guess I would rather die from a heart attack

after sex than a long drawn out illness.

[Swede]

8. A swan song,if you will.

Great final act.

[Duer 157099]

9. Kick just for the Tyrion Lannister reference

"How would you like to die, Tyrion, son of Tywin?"

Season Two Is Coming!

[ohiosmith]

12. IBTH!

[siligut]

31. If he had spelled the quoted word as c*ck, do you think it would have stayed?

Because it was a quote, I think I would have been lenient, but maybe to be sure I would have used the asterisk. Or maybe it was hidden because it is sexist? But because it is a quote, it should be considered literature or something.

[Ron Obvious]

13. That's how I want to go...

Let me quote Bill Bryson here, upon being asked "What would you like people to say about you in a hundred years?"

"The amazing thing is that he's still sexually active".

[grasswire]

14. he certainly betrayed his family -- I don't think that's amusing

His daughters are older than this young woman. Now they are burdened with the seamy scandal as they try to cope with his death. To say nothing of his wife, who has to consider possible STD as she plans a funeral.

Bob was by all accounts a productive, exemplary man. Now he's just an old goat, dead and smeared because he couldn't control his appetites.

Nothing to toast there.

[LaurenG]

16. Caldwell is survived by his wife and three children.

Poor lady.

[yellowcanine]

17. "The editorial page editor allegedly supplied the woman with money for books in exchange for sexual

favors, according to the Oregonian."

Once again you can't make up this stuff!
Allrighty then. Money for Books for sex. She may be a trollop but she is an educated trollop.

[mackattack]

33. Books

The woman told deputies she met Caldwell about a year ago at Portland Community College. Caldwell, she said, knew she didn't have much money, so he provided her cash for books and other things for school in exchange for sex acts at her apartment.


http://www.oregonlive.com/tigard/index.ssf/2012/03/bob_caldwell_was_with_23-year-.html

[intaglio]

19. Not a great thing

The younger woman will be traumatised and the wife will be torn by anger and mourning.

Basically there is no good thing anywhere in this.

[grasswire]

21. he was blackmailable -- editorial editor of the state's largest paper

He had the power to control news and opinion, and he was blackmailable.

A progressive posted this in the comments section of the alternative newsweekly -- this is how a blackmailable man can affect public policy:

Bob Caldwell was responsible for maintaining to this day the indefensible Oregonian Editorial Page policy of refusing to write about Public Housing policy in Portland and Multnomah county.

Bob Caldwell and I had a meeting scheduled for half an hour several years ago on the topic of Public Housing. Caldwell was so engrossed in the subject that he extended the meeting for another 30 minutes. My purpose was to persuade the chief of the Oregonian Editorial Page to write about a topic never before editorialized on the subject of Public Housing policy and the annual spending of 200 million dollars by the Housing Authority of Portland, the Portland Housing Bureau and the Portland Development Commission.

I made my case against the discredited and abhorrent policy practiced then and now of Targeted, UNLIMITED Neighborhood Concentration of Public Housing and for Equitable Distribution of Public Housing using several maps and charts. I was astonished to discover that Bob Caldwell, the Editorial Page Editor of the Oregonian, had no idea of how public housing policy was implemented nor how $200,000,000 was annually spent in Multnomah county on 50,000 clients nor who the major players were including the executive director of HAP and any of its board members. I found it very disconcerting.

Some time after our meeting Caldwell and I had an angry and loud phone conversation over his decision not to write anything about public housing policy, to accept zip codes as geographic locators suitable for Public Housing designations instead of government recognized neighborhoods and to reject asking for accurate, complete and timely Pubic Housing Statistical Data necessary to have a fact based public conversation on Public Housing policy. Bob Caldwell strictly and stubbornly stuck to his unjustified and unexplained position to stifle editorial comment for years on Public Housing policy and we never spoke again.

Oregonian publisher Chris Anderson must now decide if he will choose a successor to Caldwell who will carry on the Oregonian's Editorial Page tarnished tradition of holding hostage Public Housing policy or start spreading some sunshine on their self-defined taboo subject of public housing policy and its players.

[elleng]

20. Remember Nelson Rockefeller???

http://theamericanchronicle.blogspot.com/2010/02/strange-death-of-nelson-rockefeller.html

And his wife's name was Happy!!!
Boys will be boys???

[Giantsfootball10]

24. Lucky SOB

Just Sayin..

[madinmaryland]

28. Welcome to DU!!

[HopeHoops]

25. What a way to go!!!

To quote Pryor, "he came and went at the same time."

[avaistheone1]

27. Caldwell was heroically piloting the republican "sex for books and school supplies" program.

Duh!

[mysuzuki2]

29. I'm 63 too and all I can say is; I'd be willing to risk it!

[CreekDog]

30. Doesn't seem like he was acting

[OmahaBlueDog]

32. I'm hoping my death is a slight variation on that

"Omaha woman runs 90 year old husband and 23 year old mistress down with truck after catching them in bed together."

[SpartanDem]

34. He went out on top.