Baker, Russell, 1925-2019
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Name (Latin)
Baker, Russell, 1925-2019
Other forms of name
Baker, Russell, 1925-
Date of birth
1925-08-14
Date of death
2019-01-21
Occupation
Authors
Humorists
Journalists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- His An American in Washington, 1961.
Wikipedia description:
Russell Wayne Baker (August 14, 1925 – January 21, 2019) was an American journalist, narrator, writer of Pulitzer Prize-winning satirical commentary and self-critical prose, and author of Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography Growing Up (1983). He was a columnist for The New York Times from 1962 to 1998, and hosted the PBS show Masterpiece Theatre from 1993 to 2004. The Forbes Media Guide Five Hundred, 1994 stated: "Baker, thanks to his singular gift of treating serious, even tragic events and trends with gentle humor, has become an American institution."
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