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This is an archive article published on March 2, 2007

Schlesinger dies at 89

Arthur M Schlesinger Jr, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Kennedy insider who helped define mainstream liberalism during the Cold War

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Arthur M Schlesinger Jr, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Kennedy insider who helped define mainstream liberalism during the Cold War and remained an eminent public thinker into the 21st century, has died. He was 89.

Schlesinger suffered a heart attack while dining out with family members on Wednesday night in Manhattan.

Schlesinger was widely respected for his panoramic vision of American culture and politics. He received a National Book Award for Robert Kennedy and His Times and both a National Book Award and a Pulitzer for A Thousand Days, his chronicle of President John F Kennedy8217;s administration. He also won a Pulitzer, in 1946, for The Age of Jackson, his chronicle of Andrew Jackson8217;s administration.

 

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