Funeral Arrangements for Journalist Les Payne

Funeral arrangements are set for Les Payne, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and columnist for Newsday who championed racial equality and investigated injustice from Long Island to South Africa.

A public viewing for Payne, who was 76 when he died Monday of a heart attack, will be held 5 to 8 p.m. on March 26 at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church with burial following in Long Island National Cemetery, Pinelawn. The cemetery is across from Newsday, where Payne worked for nearly four decades as a reporter, editor and columnist.

 

Source: Newsday