as he had been lying in hospital , obituaries had been prepared and they ranged from the ... a scandal seeking lovable rogue with a love of the good life to the ... grand old fashioned newspaperman who lived as hard as he wrote but alas was never able to move on become the great reporter he could have become if not for his many vices jack snitzer was shocked when he had first heard the news but deep down he knew that circulation would probably rise for a while .