Samuel S. Talbert (May 6, 1917 - April 25, 1972) was an American academic and columnist.
He was the chair of the Journalism Department at the University of Mississippi from 1951 to 1972, and his column was published in over 100 newspapers from 1957 to 1972.
[1][2] Talbert joined the Journalism Department at the University of Mississippi as an assistant professor in 1948.
[1][2] Talbert died of a heart attack on April 25, 1972, in Oxford, Mississippi.
[1] His funeral was held at the Oxford-University Methodist Church, and he was buried at the Oxford Memorial Cemetery.