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| image=John LaPlante, Jr., of LA.jpg
| image=John LaPlante, Jr., of LA.jpg
| birth_date=January 31, 1953
| birth_date=January 31, 1953
|birth_place= [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]
| birth_place= [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]
| death_date=April 14, 2007 (aged 54)
| death_date=April 14, 2007 (aged 54)
| death_place=Galveston, [[Texas]]<br>
| death_place=Galveston, [[Texas]]<br>
Parents:<br>
Parents:<br>
John, Sr., and Ann Montgomery LaPlante
John, Sr., and Ann Montgomery LaPlante
| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]}}
}}
}}
'''John Maurice LaPlante, Jr.''' (January 31, 1953 – April 14, 2007), was an [[United States|American]] political [[columnist]], news bureau director, and [[university]] [[professor]] based in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who spent more than three decades covering state government and politics. His terminal position, begun in 1998, was as the editor of the six-person Capitol News Bureau for ''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''. LaPlante's "Political Horizons" column on Sundays particularly secured a large readership and often sparked heated comments from readers and state officials.
'''John Maurice LaPlante, Jr.''' (January 31, 1953 – April 14, 2007), was an [[United States|American]] political [[columnist]], news bureau director, and [[university]] [[professor]] based in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who spent more than three decades covering state government and politics. His terminal position, begun in 1998, was as the editor of the six-person Capitol News Bureau for ''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''. LaPlante's "Political Horizons" column on Sundays particularly secured a large readership and often sparked heated comments from readers and state officials.