Newspaperman Dick Williams helped publicize football legend Gale Sayers, played basketball in Madison Square Garden, inadvertently helped launch Bill Clinton toward the presidency, and spent a memorable 24 hours partying with the Mamas & the Papas.

Williams, who died Jan. 20 at age 77, was a legend in Atlanta-area journalism, a man of great, old-school decency, and a storyteller nonpareil. As a devoted alumnus of Georgetown University, he also had a yen for keeping tabs on and befriending later generations of Hoyas (myself included). To be in his company invariably meant to be reminded that life can be fascinating and fun.

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