Hedrick Smith

Journalist

Birthday July 9, 1933

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Scotland

Age 90 years old

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About

Former reporter and editor for The New York Times who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1974 for his coverage of the Soviet Union.

Before Fame

He earned a BA in American History and Literature from Williams College, where he was a brother of Alpha Delta Phi.

Trivia

He won an Emmy Award for producing the PBS show Frontline.

Family Life

He married Susan Zox Eidneberg in 1987.

Associated With

He once covered -- and interviewed -- Martin Luther King Jr. for the New York Times.