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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Leon Hale, the dean of Houston newspaper columnists and one of the state’s beloved writers, has died, according to the Houston Chronicle. Hale spent 65 years writing columns about everything from a Brazos River bottom fortuneteller to the most accurate way to tell when spring has arrived. The latter topic sparked a long-running annual trip to south Texas with a …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Leon Hale, the dean of Houston newspaper columnists and one of the state’s beloved writers, has died, according to the Houston Chronicle. Hale spent 65 years writing columns about everything from a Brazos River bottom fortuneteller to the most accurate way to tell when spring has arrived. The latter topic sparked a long-running annual trip to south Texas with a …