Daniel Bice, the longtime political reporter and columnist, died on his 62nd birthday Tuesday after a battle with esophageal cancer.
Daniel Bice, a longtime watchdog columnist for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, died Tuesday at age 62 after a battle with esophageal cancer, the newspaper announced.
Bice spent 33 years at the paper, where he covered Wisconsin politics and government as part of the Watchdog team. He was known for investigative columns that scrutinized public officials, campaign spending and state policy decisions.
Born in West Virginia, Bice joined the Milwaukee Sentinel in the early 1990s and moved to the new Milwaukee Journal Sentinel when the city’s two newspapers merged in 1995. In the late 1990s, he teamed with fellow investigative reporter Cary Spivak on the newly created government watchdog beat.
He then developed his own column, “No Quarter,” which was a blend of investigative work, opinion, and biting humor. Bice stepped away from the Journal Sentinel in December after disclosing his cancer diagnosis to the public.
Funeral arrangements were not immediately released.
