David McCullough, Two-Time Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author, Dies at 89
variety.comEJ Panaligan editorDavid McCullough, an award-winning author, narrator, historian and television host, died on Sunday at his Hingham, Mass.
home. He was 89.His daughter, Dorie Lawson, confirmed the news to the New York Times.McCullough was best known for “Truman” and “John Adams,” two presidential biographies that notched him two Pulitzer Prizes in a 10-year span.
He also won the National Book Award twice for “The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal” in 1977 and “Mornings on Horseback” in 1981, the latter which centered on a young Theodore Roosevelt and his family.
In late 2006, he was awarded with the highest civilian award in the United States, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, for his literary works in chronicling the histories of some of the nation’s most prominent political figures.
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