Mark Nixon remembered as great writer, good human being

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Mark Nixon, a longtime Lansing State Journal reporter and editor, died Aug. 14 at age 76.

Nixon was known for his dazzling writing, community involvement, and "Off the Road" column.

He supported numerous local charities, including the Old Newsboys and the Greater Lansing Food Bank.

LANSING — Mark Nixon loved to write and usually had something important to say.

He was always writing something − stories, essays, little books − often with a humorous bent, such as the "Nixon Book of Spleens," inspired by his father, who liked to ask, "Why are you spleening?" Judith Nixon, Mark's wife, said.

Nixon wrote about a lot of things during a long communications career that included many years as a reporter and editor at the Lansing State Journal and a later stint with the Lans