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Tom Nichols, a tribute: I would live nowhere else
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Dr. William T. "Tom" Nichols wrote columns for The Times for most of a decade.
Dr. William T. “Tom” Nichols, a longtime community columnist for The Times, died Wednesday in New Castle, Pa. at age 86. Nichols, a Florida native and decorated World War II veteran, moved to Gainesville in 2000 after a career as a college professor. For many years, he shared with Times’ readers his views on history, politics, education, social trends and his own community activities.