Editing George Anthan (section)

== Personal life and death ==
An avid bicyclist, Anthan rode his bike between his home in suburban Maryland and his office in the [[National Press Building (Washington, DC)|National Press Building]] for 30 years, logging over 100,000 miles in all.  A close friend, [[Donald Kaul]], lured Anthan back to Iowa each year beginning in 1974 to ride his bicycle across the state in [[RAGBRAI]],<ref name=Register-obit /> now the world's largest bicycle ride,<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.ncppub.com/pages/?p=5980 |title= Rock Valley Selected to Host RAGBRAI this July |work= Sioux County Index Reporter |date= February 5, 2014 |accessdate= February 5, 2014 |last= Crosbie |first= Nicole |archive-date= February 22, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140222153105/http://www.ncppub.com/pages/?p=5980 |url-status= dead }}</ref> which Kaul and John Karras started in 1973.<ref>{{cite book |last1= Karras |first1= John |last2= Karras |first2= Ann |name-list-style= amp |title= RAGBRAI: Everyone Pronounces It Wrong |year= 1999 |location= Iowa City  |publisher= Iowa State University Press |isbn= 978-1-58729-538-6 }}</ref>

Anthan was a member of the [[Gridiron Club]].  

He died on August 17, 2016, at the age of 80 from cardiac arrest.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/george-anthan-journalist-and-two-time-pulitzer-prize-finalist-dies-at-80/2016/08/30/da5d29fc-6bd0-11e6-99bf-f0cf3a6449a6_story.html|title=George Anthan, journalist and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, dies at 80|newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref><ref name=Register-obit /> He was survived by his wife Ann Anthan, a Missouri native, lover of dogs, and road racing enthusiast.