Jim Clark, Florida historian, professor, journalist, dies at 78

Jim Clark , a UCF senior lecturer, author, historian, political commentator and longtime Orlando Sentinel journalist, has died after a heart attack at his home in Orlando. He was 78.

Clark was a native of Washington, D.C., and grew up in Chevy Chase, Maryland. He moved to Orlando and began working at the Orlando Sentinel in 1976, where he held several positions over 22 years, including deputy managing editor. Later, he became publisher and editor of Orlando Magazine .

He had worked on the faculty of the University of Central Florida’s history department since 1986, teaching an American history course as recently as Thursday.

“He always was doing three things at once,” said Jane Healey, Clark’s former wife and former managing editor of the Sentinel. “He’d be on his computer, he’d