Robert Brookshire1 min read

Robert Brookshire

June 27, 1936 —  March 22, 2011

Robert “Bob” Brookshire, of Sedona, died March 22.

He is survived by his wife of 30-plus years, Linda Nicholas; daughters Erin (Stephen) Daly and Vija (Julieann) Brookshire; a sister Shirley (John) Gilmore; and many dear family members and friends. He was preceded in death by his daughter Lisa Brookshire, his sister Mary Carlson, and his brother Jim Brookshire.

A celebration of life in Sedona is being planned for sometime this spring.

Contributions can be sent to Keep Sedona Beautiful.

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Christopher Fox Graham

Christopher Fox Graham is the managing editor of the Sedona Rock Rock News, The Camp Verde Journal and the Cottonwood Journal Extra. Hired by Larson Newspapers as a copy editor in 2004, he became assistant manager editor in October 2009 and managing editor in August 2013. Graham has won awards for editorials, investigative news reporting, headline writing, page design and community service from the Arizona Newspapers Association. Graham has also been a guest contributor in Editor & Publisher magazine and featured in the LA Times, New York Post and San Francisco Chronicle. He lectures on journalism, media law and the First Amendment and is a nationally recognized performance aka slam poet. In January 2025, the International Astronomical Union formally named asteroid 29722 Chrisgraham (1999 AQ23) in his honor at the behest of Lowell Observatory, citing him as "an American journalist and longtime managing editor of Sedona Red Rock News. He is a nationally-recognized slam poet who has written and performed multiple poems about Pluto and other space themes."

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