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|rank=Assigned to Medical Service Corps unit in [[Japan]]. He also wrote articles for ''Stars & Stripes'' military newspaper}}

'''Lane Tyler Crockett''' (November 8, 1941 &ndash; October 4, 2024)<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/obituaries/plou0967303|title=Lane Tyler Crockett obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=October 12, 2024}}</ref> was the retired entertainment [[writer]] and theater/arts critic of ''The Shreveport Times,'' the largest [[newspaper]] in North [[Louisiana]]. While he was at ''The Times'', Gannett syndicated Crockett for a decade as a [[film]] and [[television]] writer. Sometimes called the "prince of performance critics", he subsequently wrote entertainment articles from 2004 to 2008 for ''The Forum Newsweekly,'' an [[Internet]] and print newspaper which circulates in northwestern Louisiana and East Texas.<ref name=lanec/>

'''Lane Tyler Crockett''' (November 8, 1941 &ndash; October 4, 2024)<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/obituaries/plou0967303|title=Lane Tyler Crockett obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=October 12, 2024}}</ref> was the retired entertainment [[writer]] and theater/arts critic of ''The Shreveport Times,'' the largest [[newspaper]] in North [[Louisiana]]. While he was at ''The Times'', Gannett syndicated Crockett for a decade as a [[film]] and [[television]] writer. Sometimes called the "prince of performance critics," he subsequently wrote entertainment articles from 2004 to 2008 for ''The Forum Newsweekly,'' an [[Internet]] and print newspaper which circulates in northwestern Louisiana and East Texas.<ref name=lanec/>

 

 

==Biography==

==Biography==

In 1968, at the age of twenty-six, Crockett moved to [[Shreveport]] to join the staff of the since defunct ''[[Shreveport Journal]]'' under then publisher [[Douglas F. Attaway, Jr.|Douglas Fisher Attaway]]. In 1977, after Attaway had already sold ''The Journal'' to [[business]]man and [[professor]] [[Charles T. Beaird]], Crockett joined the staff of ''The Shreveport Times,'' at which he remained until his retirement in 2004.<ref name=lanec>{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/pub/lane-crockett/29/999/586|title=Lane Crockett|publisher=linkedin.com|accessdate=May 16, 2015}}</ref><ref name=obit/>

In 1968, at the age of twenty-six, Crockett moved to [[Shreveport]] to join the staff of the since defunct ''[[Shreveport Journal]]'' under then publisher [[Douglas F. Attaway, Jr.|Douglas Fisher Attaway]]. In 1977, after Attaway had already sold ''The Journal'' to [[business]]man and [[professor]] [[Charles T. Beaird]], Crockett joined the staff of ''The Shreveport Times,'' at which he remained until his retirement in 2004.<ref name=lanec>{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/pub/lane-crockett/29/999/586|title=Lane Crockett|publisher=linkedin.com|accessdate=May 16, 2015}}</ref><ref name=obit/>

 

 

Crockett in retirement resided in Shreveport and was involved in various cultural activities and is a strong supporter of the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra and the Shreveport Arts Council.<ref name=lanec/> A Shreveport blogger writes that Crockett "has the ability to touch upon all aspects of a performance, from book to players to the scene. His writing has a conversational flow but demonstrates deep background. While his critical remarks are moderate - focus on what he omitted to get the full tale - they fulfill a distinct need."

Crockett in retirement resided in Shreveport and was involved in various cultural activities and is a strong supporter of the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra and the Shreveport Arts Council.<ref name=lanec/> A Shreveport blogger wrote that Crockett "has the ability to touch upon all aspects of a performance, from book to players to the scene. His writing has a conversational flow but demonstrates deep background. While his critical remarks are moderate - focus on what he omitted to get the full tale - they fulfill a distinct need."

Crockett died a month before his 83rd birthday of vascular disease at Willis Knighton Medical Center in Shreveport. He never married. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his sister and brother-in-law, Linda and Wayne Johnson. His two nieces, Vicki Johnson Rieken and husband Jay and Cynthia Johnson Spreen and husband Kevin, reside in Ballinger, Texas.<ref name=dbc/><ref name=obit/>

Crockett died a month before his 83rd birthday of vascular disease at Willis Knighton Medical Center in Shreveport. He never married. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his sister and brother-in-law, Linda and Wayne Johnson. His two nieces, Vicki Johnson Rieken and husband Jay and Cynthia Johnson Spreen and husband Kevin, reside in Ballinger, Texas.<ref name=dbc/><ref name=obit/>