RIP - Studs Terkel
Well crap -- one of the better American voices.
From
CNN:
Acclaimed author Studs Terkel dies at 96
Pulitzer Prize-winning author, radio host and activist Studs Terkel died in his Chicago, Illinois, home Friday at the age of 96.
Terkel had grown frail since the publication last year of his memoir, "Touch and Go," said Gordon Mayer, vice president of the Community Media Workshop, which Terkel had supported.
"I'm still in touch, but I'm ready to go," he said last year at his last public appearance with the workshop, a nonprofit that recognizes Chicago reporters who take risks in covering the city.
"My dad led a long, full, eventful -- sometimes tempestuous -- satisfying life," his son Dan said in a statement.
"The last time I saw him, he was up, about, and mad as hell about the Cubs," workshop President Thom Clark said in the statement.
Terkel, known for his portrayal of ordinary people young and old, rich and poor, won a Pulitzer Prize in 1985 for his remembrances of World War II, "The Good War."
A great story-teller.
Posted by DaveH at October 31, 2008 3:49 PM