Ralph Gage, longtime leader of Lawrence media company, dies

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Ralph Gage, a longtime official with The World Company and the Lawrence Journal-World, has died. The newspaper reported that Gage died Saturday of natural causes. He was 80. Gage worked in a variety of roles for The World Company, which was the parent company of the Journal-World until the newspaper was sold in 2016. He began his career there in 1969 and retired in 2013. Gage continued to serve on The World Company’s board of directors after his retirement, and was inducted into the Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame in 2016. A memorial service is being planned.