Robert M. Hunt; Retired Newspaper Executive
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Robert M. Hunt, 69, former president and chief executive officer of the Chicago Tribune and former publisher and president of the New York Daily News. He also served on the board of trustees of Northwestern University and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation. He was with the Tribune for 29 years, starting as a classified ad salesman. On Saturday at his home in Naples, Fla., after a long illness.
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