John (Jack) Long
John (Jack) Long, Channel Two reporter and photographer from 1964 to 1973, died last Friday, April 3rd. Among Long’s work for Channel 2 was an award-winning hourlong documentary on racial injustice in the Third Ward. After leaving Channel Two he began a second career, which he considered his most important legacy, as a substance abuse counselor with Texas prison inmates.
Long also is survived by his wife, Patricia, two daughters, Michelle Bennack of Houston and Julia Long of Dallas, one son, Mark Long, of Seattle and six grandchildren.