Columbus historian, professor, author and preservationist John Lupold has died.
Lupold died Feb. 26 in Charlotte, North Carolina, according to his obituary on the McMullen Funeral Home and Crematory website. He was 83.
No cause of death was reported in the obituary, but fellow Columbus historian Ken Thomas Jr. told the Ledger-Enquirer that Lupold had moved to Charlotte a few years ago to live near one of his children due to health issues and “died of a heart attack.”…