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    Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Studs Terkel Has Died!

    Pulitzer prize winning author and activist Studs Terkel has died at the age of 96. Turkel, most known for his works about the working class. Turkel's son in a statement said: "My dad led a long full eventful, sometimes tempestuous, but very satisfying life,"

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