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In 1977, Robert Ewing's family, including [[Edmund Graves Brown]], sold the newspapers to the Gannett chain. The two Monroe papers consolidated in 1980 as the ''News-Star-World.'' On May 22, 1988, the name changed to simply ''The News-Star.'' In addition to ''The Shreveport Times'' and the Monroe publication, Ewing's namesake grandfather, a well-known publisher and journalist for more than four [[decade]]s, owned the former ''Daily States in [[New Orleans]].<ref name=times/>
In 1977, Robert Ewing's family, including [[Edmund Graves Brown]], sold the newspapers to the Gannett chain. The two Monroe papers consolidated in 1980 as the ''News-Star-World.'' On May 22, 1988, the name changed to simply ''The News-Star.'' In addition to ''The Shreveport Times'' and the Monroe publication, Ewing's namesake grandfather, a well-known publisher and journalist for more than four [[decade]]s, owned the former ''Daily States in [[New Orleans]].<ref name=times/>
Ewing, III, died at St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe from injuries sustained in an accidental fall down a freight [[elevator]] shaft at a Monroe storage and warehouse company. He was [[divorce]]d from the former Kathie Robinson, the mother of his daughter, Krista E. Wilson (husband Johnny Wilson); and his son, Robert Wilson Ewing, III, who married Faustena Ewing.<ref name=mns/>
Ewing, III, died at St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe from injuries sustained in an accidental fall down a freight elevator shaft at a Monroe storage and warehouse company. He was [[divorce]]d from the former Kathie Robinson, the mother of his daughter, Krista E. Wilson (husband Johnny Wilson); and his son, Robert Wilson Ewing, III, who married Faustena Ewing.<ref name=mns/>
He is interred at Lake Lawn Metairie Cemetery in in Metairie in [[suburb]]an Jefferson Parish]] near New Orleans.<ref name=mns/>
He is interred at Lake Lawn Metairie Cemetery in in Metairie in [[suburb]]an Jefferson Parish]] near New Orleans.<ref name=mns/>
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