Studs Terkel dies
This is sad–radio host, oral historian, and activist Studs Terkel was a great leftist. His books Working (with its great subtitle, “People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do”) and his book Race had a big impact on my political consciousness. –Chris Sturr
Studs Terkel dies
The author-radio host-actor-activist and Chicago symbol has died. “My epitaph? My epitaph will be ‘Curiosity did not kill this cat,’” he once said.
By Rick Kogan | [Chicago] Tribune staff reporter
6:48 PM CDT, October 31, 2008
Louis Terkel arrived here as a child from New York City and in Chicago found not only a new name but a place that perfectly matched–in its energy, its swagger, its charms, its heart–his own personality. They made a perfect and enduring pair.
Author-radio host-actor-activist and Chicago symbol Louis “Studs” Terkel died Friday afternoon in his home on the North Side. At his bedside was a copy of his latest book, “P.S. Further Thoughts From a Lifetime of Listening,” scheduled for release this month. He was 96 years old.
“Studs Terkel was part of a great Chicago literary tradition that stretched from Theodore Dreiser to Richard Wright to Nelson Algren to Mike Royko,” Mayor Richard M. Daley said Friday. “In his many books, Studs captured the eloquence of the common men and women whose hard work and strong values built the America we enjoy today. He was also an excellent interviewer, and his WFMT radio show was an important part of Chicago’s cultural landscape for more than 40 years.”
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