MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ Longtime Minneapolis-St. Paul magazine editor Brian Anderson has died after fighting leukemia.
He was 65.
MSP Communications President Gary Johnson says Anderson died Tuesday at his home in downtown Minneapolis.
Johnson says Anderson got his diagnosis of Leukemia on the Fourth of July.
Despite his illness, he continued as editor of the 72,000-circulation magazine and also as vice president for editorial for parent company MSP Communications.
Anderson was Minneapolis-St. Paul Magazine's Editor since 1977.
Johnson says Anderson was one of the longest-tenured city magazine editors in the country.
Anderson, a Minneapolis native, graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1966. Before joining the magazine, he was a reporter for the former Minneapolis Tribune and an aide to then Senator Walter Mondale.
Funeral arrangements are pending.

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