Fleming's 50 years on the auto beat

The Detroit Free Press reports that Albert Fleming, who spent 50 years covering the auto industry, passed away on Saturday at age 78 after a battle with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
From the story:

David Smith, a former business editor at the Free Press and currently editor at large of the monthly Ward's Auto World in Southfield, remembered Mr. Fleming for the biting satire and humor in his writing. Mr. Fleming wrote a weekly column for the Free Press more than 30 years ago when Smith was with the paper. "Got me in trouble a few times, quite a few times," Smith said of Mr. Fleming's writing. "He loved to cast barbs in every direction." Mr. Fleming of Bloomfield Hills often poked fun at the heads of the Detroit area's automotive companies at a time when the industry took itself very seriously, Smith said, noting that Mr. Fleming was not only a witty writer but also a good reporter.

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