George Pitts

George Eddie Pitts (né George Edward Pitts; September 22, 1925 Aliquippa, Pennsylvania – May 14, 1987 Washington, D.C.) was an influential newspaper entertainment journalist and editor – notably, from 1953 to 1964, for the Pittsburgh Courier, but later, for the Chicago Courier (managing editor), and the Chicago American (reporter).

Career U.S. Armed Forces In September 1943, at age 17, Pitts volunteered to train in the U.S. Army Aviation Cadet Corps in Pittsburgh.