Studs Terkel, the great American chronicler of the struggles of the common man died yesterday at the age of 96.
Click HERE for the link below.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-studs-terkel-dead,0,2321576.story
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And the Alternet obit. As when Utah Phillips passed earlier this year, I can't add anything to what is being said by others, particularly the comments on this piece.
http://www.alternet.org/election08/105664/studs_terkel%2C_you_will_be_missed/#comments
Isn't that the guy that sued AT&T for giving out our records to the government? He was a great man for doing that.
I want privacy rights? I know you saw me type that George.
Didn't know about that one. Apparently, it is true.
Studs Terkel was a radio commentator from the Chicago area. He had a brief stint on television in the early 1950's, but the network took him off because of he McCarthy witch hunt.
Studs was actually more of an interviewer than a commentator. He had mostly everyday folks on his show, and compiled their interviews into several books: Working, Division Street America, and The Good War.
He was a mentor to Mike Royko, the great Chicago newspaper columnist. (Chicago's Molly Ivins.... he was always a gadfly on the posterior of Prince Richard the 1st and city hall. Sadly, he passed a few years ago, at a relatively young age.)
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