RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 26 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * Sept. 24, 2026 Bryant Mangum, longtime VCU English professor and F. Scott Fitzgerald scholar, dies at 83 His half-century tenure was marked by numerous honors for his scholarship and teaching. By Sian Wilkerson Bryant Mangum, an author and prominent F. Scott Fitzgerald scholar whose Virginia Commonwealth University career spanned more than 50 years, died Sept. 13 at age 83. Mangum, Ph.D., retired in 2022, and throughout his distinguished car more PR