Richard T. “Dick” Murphy, 78, of Stoughton, Mass., died Sept. 24 in Blue Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center in Stoughton.
He was a journalist for 40 years at several local newspapers. He was most well-known as a broadcaster for Stoughton Local News, operated by Stoughton Media Access Corporation.
Murphy leaves six children, Robert, Steven, Nancy, Kathleen, Susan and Christine; eight grandchildren; a brother and sister.
The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin staff members Elizabeth Allen, Sophie Cannon, Jenna Ciccotelli, Georgeanne Oliver, Julia Preszler and Thomas Ward, undergraduate students at Northeastern University.