The BPPA is sad to relay news of the passing of former member Bob Thayer after a short illness at the age of 63.

Thayer was a friend and mentor to many in the organization and had a long and prolific career in journalism in New England.

Links to his obituary and some of his work can be found here:
http://www.providencejournal.com/photogallery/PJ/20151106/NEWS/110609999/PH/629_2711
http://www.providencejournal.com/photogallery/PJ/20151106/NEWS/110609996/PH/629_2711
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/providence/obituary.aspx?n=robert-thayer&pid=176389770

In lieu of flowers or gifts, his family requests donations to the Providence Journal’s Summer Fund: “http://www.providencejournal.com/community/giving/summertime-fund”