Louis "Studs" Terkel (May 16, 1912 – October 31, 2008) was an American author, historian, actor, and broadcaster. He received the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1985 for The Good War and is best remembered for his oral histories of common Americans, and for hosting a long-running radio show in Chicago.
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16 May 1912 New York City, New York, United States
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Died |
31 October 2008 (aged 96) Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Zodiac | Taurus |
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