Date of Birth
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16-May-1912
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Place of Birth
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New York City
(New York, United States of America, Area code 917)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Louis Terkel, Louis "Studs" Terkel
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Profession
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Journalist, Historian, Radio personality, Author, Actor
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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 Warâ€, 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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