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‘Just a kid from Hazard,’ Former UK professor and acclaimed writer dies at 88

Former University of Kentucky professor and writer Gurney Norman passed away Sunday, Oct. 12, from natural causes, his wife, Nyoka Hawkins, announced on Facebook the following day. Norman was born in Grundy, Virginia, in 1937, and later he grew up in Eastern Kentucky. From 1955 to 1959, he attended UK, graduating with a degree in English and journalism.  For many years afterward, Norman worked at a series of newspapers and published novels with …
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The Kentucky Kernel broke the news in on Friday, October 17, 2025.
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