You have to wonder what Gloria Negri must have been thinking as she sat on a bench in the dark of the night in this vast and frightened city of ours, trying to attract the attention of the Boston Strangler, a decoy for this newspaper back in the early 1960s.
I hope he comes – that’s what she was probably thinking.

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All the best to you, Gloria.
Excellent tribute to a great reporter
Blessings, Ms. Negri!
Wonderful tribute to a newsrom institution, Brian!
Thank you for this story, Brian. And Gloria, thank you for your career!
kudos. truly.
Poignant. Touching. Thank you, Brian McGrory. Thank YOU, Gloria Negri.
Thank you, Brian, for enlightening us about Gloria Negri and her accomplishments as a reporter at the Globe. She wrote the most beautiful obituary for my grandmother, Eda Saccone, for which I am forever in her debt. Gloria, you and your reporting will be greatly missed.