GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Andy Angelo, an award-winning and beloved journalist at The Grand Rapids Press who was hailed as a professional mentor during a 25-year career at the West Michigan newspaper, has died. He was 55.

Angelo passed away around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday with his wife, Mary, and grandchildren at his side, said Paul Keep, executive editor of print for MLive Media Group. Keep told The Associated Press that Angelo died at Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital after a short illness.