About Dan Cook
Lived 1926 – 2008 (aged 81). Dan Cook was an American columnist, journalist and sports journalist.
Career After beginning his sports writing career at the Houston Post, Cook worked at the San Antonio Express-News from August 14, 1952, until he retired on August 3, 2003. (He would later be exonerated when the suspect confessed to the original crime.) Cook wrote his first sports column for the San Antonio Express-News on November 29, 1956. He graduated St. Thomas High School in Houston and attended the University of Houston for two years. He was married and had three children.
Death Cook died on the night of July 3, 2008, after a long illness.
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Who was Dan Cook?
American sportswriter
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Dan Cook was born on 12 August 1926 in Houston.
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Dan Cook died on 3 July 2008 in San Antonio.
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Dan Cook was a columnist, journalist and sports journalist.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Dan Cook. https://biography.guide/dan-cook/
MLA: "Dan Cook." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/dan-cook/.
Chicago: "Dan Cook." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/dan-cook/.
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