Wall Street Journal reporter Joseph Rago, 34, was found dead at his Manhattan home Thursday, July 20, 2017. Joseph Rago, who wrote Pulitzer Prize-winning editorials for the Wall Street Journal, was found dead at his home in Manhattan. He was 34-years-old.
Rago was found by police at 7:40 p.m. Thursday after he didn't show up at work, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Police said they found no visible signs of trauma and that the cause of death would be determined by the city medical examiner’s office.
“It is with a heavy heart that we confirm the death of Joseph Rago, a splendid journalist and beloved friend,” Paul Gigot, editor of the Journal's editorial page, said. “Joe and his family are in our thoughts and prayers, and we will be celebrating his work in Saturday's paper.”
Rago won a Pulitzer Prize in 2011. The prize committee praised his “well crafted, against-the-grain editorials challenging the health care reform advocated by President Obama.”
A graduate of Dartmouth College, Rago joined the paper as an intern in 2005.