Rex Rust, Co-President of Rust Communications, Dies

Rex Rust, co-president of Rust Communications, died of cancer on Jan. 6, 2022. The Southeast Missourian via AP

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo.—Rex Dearmont Rust, co-president of the Missouri-based media company Rust Communications, has died. He was 52.

The company’s flagship newspaper, the Southeast Missourian in Cape Girardeau, reported that Rust died Thursday evening after a yearlong battle with cancer.