It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Gary Webb, writer and Pulitzer Prize winner, who left us on December 10, 2004. Gary Webb was born on August 31, 1955 in Corona, California. He began his career as a journalist in the late 1970s at the Cleveland Plain Dealer in Ohio. Much of his work during this time focused on the impact of Ohio's steel industry on workers and communities. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Gary worked as a staff writer for the Kentucky Post and the San Jose Mercury News. In 1996, he released his controversial piece, "Dark Alliance", which exposed the CIA's involvement with drug cartels in Nicaraguacont. This gained him national recognition and led to him being awarded the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in 1997. Gary went on to work freelance and authored the books "Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion" and "Into the Buzzsaw: The Leading Journalists Expose the Myth of a Free Press". He was 49 years old when he died. He was a dedicated journalist with an unwavering commitment to the truth. He will be remembered for his brave reporting and life-long dedication to uncovering the truth and protecting the public interest. His work will live on to inspire generations of journalists for years to come.