| − | Following Knowland's suicide, his son Joseph W. took over as the editor-in-chief and publisher of the ''Oakland Tribune''.<ref name=josephwknowlandmercurynewsobituary/> Known as Joe Knowland and described by his son as "a vaudevillian at heart,"<ref name=josephwknowlandsanfranciscochronicleobituary/> he died in 2019 at the age of eighty-eight. | + | After leaving political office, Knowland worked as the publisher of ''The Oakland Tribune'', which his father operated. Following his death, Knowland's son Joseph took over as the editor-in-chief and publisher of the ''Oakland Tribune''.<ref name=josephwknowlandmercurynewsobituary/> Known as Joe Knowland and described by his son as "a vaudevillian at heart,"<ref name=josephwknowlandsanfranciscochronicleobituary/> he died in 2019 at the age of eighty-eight. |