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Judy Christie, a former ''Times'' editor called Lazarus "the finest wordsmith I ever knew and an editor until the very end.  He said his interest in grammar and typos began at birth when his first name was misspelled ... on his birth certificate..<ref name=wordsmith>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2020/05/18/former-times-managing-editor-allan-lazarus-dies/5216866002/|title=Former Times Managing Editor Allan Lazarus dies at 92|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=May 18, 2020|accessdate=May 20, 2020}}</ref> Kathie Coffey Rowell, a former ''Times'' features editor, said that Lazarus  "wanted your best, but he got it by coaching, not criticizing. One of the most important things  I learned from him - details count, no matter how small."<ref name=wordsmith/>

Judy Christie, a former ''Times'' editor called Lazarus "the finest wordsmith I ever knew and an editor until the very end.  He said his interest in grammar and typos began at birth when his first name was misspelled ... on his birth certificate..<ref name=wordsmith>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2020/05/18/former-times-managing-editor-allan-lazarus-dies/5216866002/|title=Former Times Managing Editor Allan Lazarus dies at 92|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=May 18, 2020|accessdate=May 20, 2020}}</ref> Kathie Coffey Rowell, a former ''Times'' features editor, said that Lazarus  "wanted your best, but he got it by coaching, not criticizing. One of the most important things  I learned from him - details count, no matter how small."<ref name=wordsmith/>

Lazarus recalled [[V-J Day]] in 1945, when ''The Times'' published an extra edition. As a copy boy a the time, Lazarus  passed by [[Monroe Dodd|Dodd College]] (now the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church School) and saw a newsboy selling the extra papers. Lazarus bought all the papers available and distributed then at Dodd College.<ref name=wordsmith/> As the news editor in July 1969, he came into the office from his vacation to write the head line of [[Neil Armstrong]]'s walk on the surface of the [[moon]]. He noted that Armstrong mistakenly left out the article "a" when he said "one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind."<ref name=wordsmith/>

Lazarus recalled V-J Day in September 1945, when ''The Times'' published a rare extra edition. As a copy boy a the time, Lazarus  passed by [[Monroe Dodd|Dodd College]] (now the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church School) and saw a newsboy selling the extra papers. Lazarus bought all the papers available and distributed then at Dodd College.<ref name=wordsmith/> As the news editor in July 1969, he came into the office from his vacation to write the head line of [[Neil Armstrong]]'s walk on the surface of the [[moon]]. He noted that Armstrong mistakenly left out the article "a" when he said "one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind."<ref name=wordsmith/>

==Death==

==Death==