Robert Mackey

Robert Mackey, 76, died peacefully in his sleep April 7, 2017 at his Fallbrook home.

In 1955 he moved to Fallbrook when his parents, Wilbur and Marian Mackey, purchased the Fallbrook Enterprise newspaper. The Mackey family held the newspaper, which was founded in 1911, for 33 years before selling it to Escondido Times Advocate in 1988.

He graduated from Fallbrook Union High School in 1959 and then attended Palomar Junior College where he excelled as a student, joined the debate team, and won national honors in debate and public speaking.

Graduating with honors from Stanford University in 1965,...