James Gregory Robertson, 74, died June 4.
He was a journalist for 20 years, beginning in Arizona. He was a general assignment reporter, travel editor, rock reviewer, and assistant night editor in his 18 years with The Hartford (Conn.) Courant.
He also had been press secretary and chief of staff for then-Hartford Mayor Carrie Saxon Perry.
According to the Courant’s obituary on Roberston: “Tragedy struck in 2007 when a home invasion and miscarriage of justice landed our dear Greg in prison.”
He was tried for murder in 2008, a trial that ended in a hung jury. In 2009, a jury convicted Robertson of first-degree manslaughter with a firearm, and he was sentenced to 12 years in prison. The charges stemmed from an incident in which Robertson shot and killed a man Robertson said entered his kitchen and punched him before the shots were fired.
Robertson leaves a daughter, grandchildren, and a brother.
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.