Cecil Hurt

Cecil Hurt was a famous late journalist and editor from the United States. Cecil Hurt has also worked in different media like Tuscaloosa News in Alabama. The magazine is one of the most powerful voices in SEC athletics. The columnist has also won many awards for his amazing work.

Early Life

Cecil Hurt was born in 1959, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States of America. His father’s name is Cecil Lamar Hurt, and his mother is Carol Messina. He also had two siblings.

While he held an American nationality and practiced Christianity. Further, he belonged to the Caucasian ethnicity. According to astrology, he had as his zodiac sign.

Education

Talking about his formal educational status, he completed his schooling at a local school in his hometown. And, he also accomplished his higher studies at the University of Alabama. He has got a degree in English, and a minor in psychology.

Death

The media icon is no more with us today. Cecil Hurt died in 2021 at the age of 62. The reason for death was complications from pneumonia. Many of his fans and family members paid final tribute to him at his funeral.

Professional Life

Moving on to the profession of Cecil Hurt, he was a columnist and editor. He had made his name as one of the good columnists, and editors working in the industry. He was very interested in it in earlier days.

Following his passion, he worked in different media and channels. He was famous as a columnist and editor for Tuscaloosa News, and SEC sports which is the most influential voice.

Caption: Cecil Hurt during the show (Source: Tuscaloosa News)

The editor joined Tuscaloosa News in 1982 as a sports writer. Later after seven years, he became the newspaper’s sports editor and columnist. During his time, the Tuscaloosa News team also won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the 2011 tornado. Further, he has worked in many different works too.

Moreover, Cecil is also an avid social media user and had a very good number of fan followers on different social media platforms. Following his works, he also got some recognitions like the Mel Allen Media Award from the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.

While, he also became the National Sports Media Association’s Alabama Sportswriter of the year in 2016, and 2019. The media icon has not been endorsed by any brands, and he had not promoted any too.

Net Worth

Cecil Hurt lived a comfortable life with his family. Thanks to the fame and fortune he earned from his work. Moreover, his total net worth was about $1 million – $5 million US dollars at the time of his death.

Personal Life

Moving on to the romantic and private life of Cecil Hurt, he was not married. There was not any information on his relationship with any other person to date in any of the public media domains.

Apart from it, he had no affairs with any other person. While he was straight regarding gender choices. And, he did not have any kind of controversial events till today.

Body Measurements

Cecil Hurt was very good-looking and has an amazing personality. The former columnist and editor stood about 6 feet and 3 inches tall.

While he weighed 90kg. Moreover, talking about the overall body measurement, the number ranges were not revealed. The color of his eyes was brown, and he had light brown colored hair.

Social Media

Cecil Hurt was also present on social media. He has a Twitter account under the name @CecilHurt with 115.8k followers.

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