Veteran and well-known gun author Mike “Duke” Venturino died Sunday, June 9, at his residence in Livingston, Montana, following a quick sickness associated as a consequence of issues from coronary heart illness. Venturino was a long-time contributor to GUNS and American Handgunner magazines in addition to many different publications. He acquired his begin greater than 50 years in the past writing for Weapons & Ammo and Capturing Instances. He wrote about his love for his work and his success discovering his calling in life in an article known as “50 Years of Gun ‘Ritin’” revealed on GUNS web site in 2021.
Editor in Chief Dave Workman, who knew Venturino, wrote on the author’s passing on The GunMag:
The passing of veteran gun author and taking pictures authority Mike “Duke” Venturino on Sunday, June 9, has shocked and saddened the firearms neighborhood.
Mr. Venturino, identified to legions of readers and his colleagues as “Duke,” each educated and entertained a few generations of shooters, from his early days writing for Weapons and Ammo and Capturing Instances to his work over the previous a number of years as an everyday at American Handgunner and GUNS magazines, the place his depth and breadth of information about all types of firearms made him not solely an authority, however a grand storyteller.
He handed away at his residence in Livingston, Montana following a quick sickness, based on GUNS Editor Brent Wheat.
As a testomony to Venturino’s dedication to his readers, Wheat famous in an announcement Monday, “One of the final communications I had with Mike was concerning his month-to-month column deadline. He was combating the battle for his life, however he was fearful about lacking his deadline.
“What a tremendous skilled; there isn’t a method to fill the void he leaves our magazines or the taking pictures world generally. Mike’s FMG household is retaining his spouse Yvonne, Mike’s household, pals and numerous followers in our ideas,” Wheat stated.
A local of West Virginia, Venturino was a journalism graduate of Marshall College, which was evident in his expert writing. His writing profession started again within the Nineteen Seventies, which interprets to just about a half-century of labor in a subject the place there isn’t a substitute for experience.
Learn the entire story on Venturino’s passing on The GunMag and on American Handgunner’s web sites.
