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In his later life, his students knew him as “Wild Bill,” their journalism professor.
But those who knew Bill Sorrels from his newspaper days remember a dedicated journalist who worked some of the biggest stories at The Memphis Commercial Appeal and, later, as editor of The Evansville Press from 1977-1983. The longtime journalist also worked a tour at West Point’s Daily Times Leader in the late 40s and early 50s.
Sorrels died Saturday at the age of 83.