Studs Terkel 1912-2008 (The Los Angeles Times and The Christian Science Monitor)

1. Studs Terkel, writer and radio personality, dies at 96 (Los Angeles Times)

The Chicago fixture used his knack for conversation to capture oral histories on World War II, the Great Depression and more.
November 1, 2008

"Studs Terkel, who made his name listening to ordinary folks talk about their ordinary lives -- and who turned that knack for conversation into a much-honored literary career -- died Friday. He was 96"

Read the entire article at the Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-me-terkel1-2008nov01,0,108267.story


2. The life and work of Studs Terkel (Christian Science Monitor)
11.01.08

"The economist John Kenneth Galbraith once said of Pulitzer Prize-winning author and oral historian Studs Terkel that he 'is more than a writer; he is a national resource.' But Terkel saw himself as a teller of stories – the stories of others.

"Terkel died on Friday in Chicago at the age of 96. He leaves behind him a rich legacy of American stories, told both in print and on the air."

Read the entire article at the Christian Science Monitor
http://features.csmonitor.com/books/2008/11/01/the-life-and-work-of-studs-terkel/