Norton Mockridge (September 29, 1915 – April 18, 2004) was an American journalist, newspaper editor, syndicated columnist who helped break the Elizabeth Bentley Soviet spy story in 1948 and whom the New York Times called "a jack-of-all-trades: New York newspaper man, humorist, columnist and author.
His father Frank Walter Mockridge was a New York Telephone Company executive; his mother was Fredricka Apfel.
[1] On July 21, 1948, the World-Telegram published a front-page article co-written with Nelson Frank called "Red Ring Bared by Blond Queen."
[1] Mockridge married Margaret Eleanor Gleason; after 15 years of marriage and three children, they divorced in 1961.
"[1] Mockridge died age 88 on April 18, 2004, of pneumonia in San Antonio, Texas.