[A Citizen Reporter]

That story says that he had just retired a few days before the attack.

[maggief]

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20060109-1442-journalistattacked.html

Rosenbaum retired on Dec. 31 after more than 35 years with the Times as a reporter and editor, mostly in Washington. He was pursuing freelance projects with the paper when he died.