FOXNews.com: Former NY Daily News editor Michael O'Neill, who led newspaper in the late 1970s, dead at 89

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Former NY Daily News editor Michael O'Neill, who led newspaper in the late 1970s, dead at 89 May 30th 2012, 21:26 NEW YORK –  A former New York Daily News editor-in-chief who oversaw coverage of the city's financial crisis in the 1970s has died. Michael O'Neill was 89. Daughter Kathryn O'Neill says he died from complications of pulmonary fibrosis on Tuesday at his home in Scarsdale, north of the city. O'Neill started at the Daily News in its Washington bureau in 1956 and rose through the ranks to become the top editor in 1975. His tenure included the period of New York City's financial crisis and the famous Daily News headline about President Gerald Ford's speech denying the city money, "Ford to City: Drop Dead." O'Neill stepped down from the position in 1982 and was lauded for steps he had taken such as introducing columnists including Jimmy Breslin and Mike Lupica. He is survived by his wife, four children and five grandchildren. (This version CORRECTS punctuation in Ford headline.)

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