A.S. “Doc” Young; Author, Longtime Los Angeles Sentinel Editor

A.S. “Doc” Young, 76, writer, editor and author who promoted African American sports figures. A native of Dunbrooke, Va., educated at Virginia’s Hampton Institute, Young was affiliated throughout his career with the Los Angeles Sentinel, moving from sports editor to executive editor and handling special 25th and 30th anniversary editions. During that time, he also held positions and contributed articles and columns to about 100 magazines and newspapers, including The Times. He served as sports editor for Jet, Ebony and Hue magazines and was publicist for several motion pictures. Among Young’s books about African American heroes are “Great Negro Baseball Stars,” “Negro Firsts in Sports,” “Sonny Liston: The Champ Nobody Wanted,” “The Mets From Mobile,” “The Nat King Cole Story,” “Black Champions of the Gridiron: Leroy Keyes & O.J. Simpson,” “Black Athletes in the New Golden Age of Sports” and “The Negro Cowboy.” On Sept. 6 in Los Angeles of pneumonia.