St Louis--Jan 30--William Fayal, once a star reporter and war correspondent, who refused editorial positions repeatedly because his ambition was to be a good reporter, died last night of old age at the Memorial Home. His career as a reporter ended when he was 64 years old. He was only 89 years old.
Fayal was a chum of Henry M. Stanley and for a time had a room together, before Stanley went to the New York Herald and became famous by finding Livingstone in Africa. Fayal was born in Otsego Co, NY.
For the last five years, Fayal and his wife lived at the Memorial Home.
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