![]() ![]() ![]() So he wrote books such as Working, Hard Times and his Pulitzer Prize winner, The Good War - oral histories of labor, the Great Depression and World War II, respectively - to help jog the nation's memory.īorn on May 16, 1912, in New York, Terkel's given name was Louis. Terkel often said that America suffers from what he described as a sort of national Alzheimer's disease. His conversations with the prominent and the uncelebrated became books that chronicled much of the history of the 20th century. 31.įor nearly half a century, Terkel crisscrossed the country interviewing people from all walks of life about war, their jobs and a variety of other subjects. 30, and he died "quickly and peacefully" just before 3 p.m. Terkel's health had been declining for some time and he was very frail his son, Dan Terkel, said his condition worsened on Oct. Legendary oral historian, author and radio personality Studs Terkel has died at his home in Chicago. ![]()
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