Michael Triplett | Journalist, 48

Michael Triplett, 48, who was an assistant managing editor at Bloomberg BNA and president of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, has died.

The association said in an e-mail that Mr. Triplett, who lived in Washington, had cancer and died Thursday. A spokeswoman for Bloomberg BNA said he died in Alabama, where he was visiting family.

Mr. Triplett was a board member and then president of the Washington chapter of NLGJA. He became president of the national group last year.

He worked on the daily tax report at Bloomberg BNA; he had worked with BNA since 2000. BNA was acquired by Bloomberg in 2011.

Mr. Triplett was a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia and American University Washington College of Law. - AP