Pulitzer-winning former publisher Rolfe Neill dies aged 90

Rolfe Neill, publisher of The Charlotte Observer has died aged 90 (Gayle Shomer/The Charlotte Observer via AP/PA)

Rolfe Neill, the editor who led The Charlotte Observer as its publisher when it won a pair of Pulitzer Prizes for public service, died on Friday aged 90.

Neill died of complications from peritoneal cancer at his home in Lake Norman, North Carolina, daughter Ingrid Ebert told the Observer.