Robert Myers, journalist

LOS ANGELES – Robert Myers, who was an Associated Press bureau chief in San Francisco, Honolulu and Salt Lake City during a 15-year career with the news agency, has died.

He was 76. Myers was with The Associated Press from 1954 to 1969.In Hawaii, he helped cover US nuclear tests in the Pacific and the 1961 disappearance of Nelson Rockefeller’s son Michael, who vanished during a trip to New Guinea and was declared dead in 1964.Myers, the son of movie producer-director-writer Zion Myers, graduated with an English degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he was a sports editor on the Daily Bruin student newspaper.He was drafted for the Korean War, serving with the military police in Korea and also working as an editor for the newspaper Stars and Stripes, his wife said.”He always wanted to be a journalist,” she said.Nampa-APMyers was with The Associated Press from 1954 to 1969.In Hawaii, he helped cover US nuclear tests in the Pacific and the 1961 disappearance of Nelson Rockefeller’s son Michael, who vanished during a trip to New Guinea and was declared dead in 1964.Myers, the son of movie producer-director-writer Zion Myers, graduated with an English degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he was a sports editor on the Daily Bruin student newspaper.He was drafted for the Korean War, serving with the military police in Korea and also working as an editor for the newspaper Stars and Stripes, his wife said.”He always wanted to be a journalist,” she said.Nampa-AP