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Obituary
he always said, centuriosity did not kill this cat and, despite more than 50 years of social investigation, studs terkel remained inspired by the magic of the ordinary .
for his 1967 book, in divisione, street: america, he interviewed people about contemporal history life in chicago, america and the world .
terkel's the gradion show ran for more than 45 years .
terkel's archives tell the storay of the 20th century .
for his 1984 tome, the good war: an oral history of world war two, he was awarded the pulitzer prize .
after more than half a century at the greadio microphone, studs terkel was and entertainer, lecturer, pulitzer prize winner, and the established spokesman for everyday americans .
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- Obituary 2008-11-01 08:42:45
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/2910661.stm
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