found: New York times WWW site, Nov. 3, 2008 (in obituary published Oct. 31: Studs Terkel; b. Louis Terkel, May 16, 1912, the Bronx; d. Friday [Oct. 31, 2008], Chicago, aged 96; Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose searching interviews with ordinary Americans helped establish oral history as a serious genre, and who for decades was the voluble host of a popular radio show in Chicago; in the late 1930s, while acting in the theater, adopted the name Studs, from another colorful Chicagoan, James T. Farrell's fictional Studs Lonigan)
found: English Wikipedia website, viewed Dec. 27, 2011 (Louis "Studs" Terkel (May 16, 1912-October 31, 2008) was an American author, historian, actor, and broadcaster. He received the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1985 for The Good War, and is best remembered for his oral histories of common Americans, and for hosting a long-running radio show in Chicago; infobox: Born: Louis Terkel, 16 May 1912, New York City, New York, US; Died: 31 October 2008 (aged 96), Chicago, Illinois, US; Occupation: Author, Historian, Radio Personality, Actor; Alma mater: University of Chicago (J.D., 1934); Spouse(s): Ida Goldberg (1939-1999))
Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008
