Loretta June McLaughlin | |
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| Born | Loretta June McDermott 1928 Woburn, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | (aged 90) Milton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Boston University (BA) |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, author |
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| Children | 3 |
Loretta McLaughlin (1928 – November 23, 2018) was an American journalist, author and newspaper editor. As a journalist at the Boston Record American, McLaughlin, along with Jean Cole, covered the Boston Strangler murders in 1962. She was the first journalist to connect the murders and break the story about the serial killer. In 1992, she was appointed as Editorial Page Editor for the Boston Globe, only the second woman to serve in this role.