Thomas Joseph George, 60, of Danbury, Conn., died July 20 in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
George was a sportswriter for The News-Times of Danbury, Conn., for 15 years. He received several awards and recognitions, including for covering the University of Connecticut’s men’s basketball team. He was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for his investigative report on Western Connecticut State University’s athletic program.
He leaves his wife, Barbara; his mother, Dorothy; a son, Thomas; two brothers; two sisters.
The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondent Nimra Aziz, an undergraduate student in the Northeastern University School of Journalism.