In the days of typewriters and copy paper, Ned Whelan would type out a story and paste the pages together. The white glue, made by a copy aide, would stiffen and sometime you'd see a three- feet- long piece of copy stand up from his typewriter. Whelan's stories were long but good.
According to The Plain Dealer's obit, "Whelan fell down the stairs in the dark at his daughter's home in Phoenix on March 16 and suffered irreversible brain damage. After life support was removed, the 70-year-old died Wednesday, March 20, at a nearby hospital."
He worked at The PD in the late 60s and 70s, Cleveland Magazine and later had his own PR firm.
Here's a link to the obituary: http://www.cleveland.com/obituaries/index.ssf/2013/03/edward_p_ned_whalen_was_a_lead.html
