Calkins: George Cates was impatient — for a better Memphis
George Cates talks with Judith Hammond about a master plan for Overton Park in 2011. “Cates didn’t just love Memphis,” Geoff Calkins says, “he worked creatively and ceaselessly to make Memphis a better, more just place.” (Lance Murphey/Daily Memphian file)
When George Cates died in a plane crash Monday, Memphis lost a leader with vision and enthusiasm — and who was determined to bring everyone along.
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Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.
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