{"id":304970,"date":"2026-05-07T22:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/304970\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T22:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:29:13","slug":"longtime-oakland-press-sports-reporter-columnist-pat-caputo-dies-after-battle-with-pancreatic-cancer-the-oakland-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/304970\/","title":{"rendered":"Longtime Oakland Press sports reporter, columnist Pat Caputo dies after battle with pancreatic cancer \u2013 The Oakland Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

Longtime Oakland Press reporter and columnist Pat Caputo has died after a battle with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, his family announced on social media<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

He was 67.<\/p>\n

The post stated: \u201cToday May 7th we lost Pat to cancer.\u00a0 Pat was surrounded by his family. Thank you for all your support. The Caputo family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nicknamed \u201cThe Book,\u201d Caputo, who worked for 97.1 FM The Ticket and Fox 2 Sports, after starting his journalism with Oakland Press from 1983-2020. His radio resume dates back to the mid-1990s.<\/p>\n

He was a resident of Lake Orion.<\/p>\n

Raised in St. Clair Shores before moving to Oakland County as a youth, Caputo went to Birmingham Groves High School and Michigan State University. After a brief span working at a newspaper in Three Rivers, he was hired to answer phones at The Oakland Press in May of 1983, then began covering prep sports a year later, before going on to cover the Tigers for 12 seasons and Lions for five for the newspaper<\/p>\n

Caputo announced his cancer diagnosis in early January, after he\u2019d been hospitalized. Later in the month, he thanked fans for their outpouring of support after his announcement.<\/p>\n

Pat Caputo \u2013 Good riddance Silverdome, hopefully we learned from your dubious existence<\/a><\/p>\n

Pat Caputo \u2013 Jordan documentary only enhances legacy of Pistons<\/a><\/p>\n

Pat Caputo \u2013 Trip back to \u201968 Tigers welcome distraction from COVID-19<\/a><\/p>\n

Pat Caputo \u2013 10 greatest Red Wings of all-time<\/a><\/p>\n

Pat Caputo \u2013 Kobe Bryant death reminder how fleeting life can be<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Longtime Oakland Press reporter and columnist Pat Caputo has died after a battle with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[181,23,1524,100,8567,143,145,144,127],"class_list":["post-304970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-nation","tag-news","tag-news-obituaries","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}