Murray Kempton
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About
All-star journalist who won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Journalism.
Before Fame
He was stationed in New Guinea and the Philippines while serving in the US Army during World War II.
Trivia
He won the 1974 U.S. National Book Award in the Contemporary Affairs category for his book The Briar Patch: The People of the State of New York versus Lumumba Shakur.
Family Life
He died of pancreatic cancer two years after the death of his second wife.
Associated With
He once worked for Rupert Murdoch at the New York Post.
