March 16, 2002

Little Rock native Orville Henry died in Malvern (Hot Spring County) after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. The best-known newspaper sportswriter in Arkansas history, Henry worked for the state’s two largest newspapers, the Arkansas Gazette and the Arkansas Democrat (later the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette). Although he covered other sports, Henry is most identified with writing about Arkansas Razorbacks football at the University of Arkansas (UA) in Fayetteville (Washington County).