“W.C. Heinz, the sports columnist, war correspondent, magazine writer and novelist who was considered one of the finest journalistic stylists of his era, died Wednesday in Bennington, Vt. He was 93.” (New York Times obituary.) Heinz was interviewed in our Boxing Issue in 2005 by writer Jonathan Rendall. Speaking from his home in Vermont, Heinz told STOP SMILING: “I’ve supported myself by writing all my life and I still do. What do I do each day? I get up in the morning and get dressed and then I write.”

Another piece that appeared in the Boxing Issue was a review of the 1981 film Chariots of Fire. (Read the unabridged review here.) The cinematographer of that film, as well as 60 others (including the 1985 Best Picture winner Out of Africa) was David Watkin. Mr. Watkin passed away on February 19th at his home in Brighton, England. He was 82.