Studs Terkel
Radio personality, Author
1912 – 2008
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Who was Studs Terkel?
Louis "Studs" Terkel 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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- Born
- May 16, 1912
New York City - Also known as
- Louis Terkel
- Louis "Studs" Terkel
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Ida Goldberg
(1939/07/02 - 1999/12/23)
- Ida Goldberg
- Children
- Religion
- Agnosticism
- Judaism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Law degree, University of Chicago
( - 1934) - University of Chicago Law School
- Law degree, University of Chicago
- Employment
- WENR
- WBBM-TV
- WFMT
- Died
- Oct 31, 2008
Chicago
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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