Pulitzer Prize Winning Author David Halberstam dies

ejr · Post by **ejr** » April 23, 2007 11:35 pm

Killed earlier today in a car crash in Menlo Park California.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/23/halber ... index.html

chippewa · Post by **chippewa** » April 23, 2007 11:39 pm

Sail on, David. Your "Summer of '49" was good stuff.

East Texas Parrothead · April 23, 2007 11:40 pm

This is soooo sad...Mr. Mojito just loved him ...

MelliJellyBean · Post by **MelliJellyBean** » April 24, 2007 9:03 am

Sad news. *sigh* Death of an inspiring journalist/author is always so sad to me. I was fortunate enough to hear him speak on WVU's campus in '01. Very inspiring to me.

Sail on David.

jimsig · Post by **jimsig** » April 24, 2007 12:15 pm

Sail On

bravedave · Post by **bravedave** » April 24, 2007 12:43 pm

Great writer and correspondent. I loved The Best and the Brightest.
He will be missed.

I went to school with one of his nephews. The poor kid's father, a renowned cardiologist, was shot and killed by a burglar in 1980.
My sincere condolences go out to his whole family.