[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 163 (Friday, October 14, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1049]
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                  REMEMBERING REPORTER MICHAEL LOLLAR

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                            HON. STEVE COHEN

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 14, 2022

  Mr. COHEN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay special tribute to 
longtime Commercial Appeal reporter, Michael Lollar, who passed away 
last week at the age of 74. In a 44-year career with the Memphis daily 
newspaper, Mike chronicled every kind of story but was best known for 
features, and for being the resident Elvis Presley expert. A charming 
writer with a dry wit, he came to Memphis right out of the University 
of Tennessee in 1970 and was a staff writer until he retired in 2014. 
In between, he covered cops, courts, elections, the ``Deep Throat'' 
obscenity trial, James Earl Ray's evolving legal positions on the Dr. 
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination, and all things Graceland. Mike 
was an old school reporter who knew his city, its characters and its 
institutions. He could get complete strangers to open up and tell their 
stories. He was also simply a nice guy. I extend my condolences to his 
former wife, Joan, to his daughters Kate and Rachel, to his 
grandchildren and to his many friends and admirers. He will be missed.

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