Russell Baker

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Russell Baker
Born
Russell Wayne Baker

(1925-08-14)August 14, 1925
Loudoun County, Virginia, U.S.
DiedJanuary 21, 2019(2019-01-21) (aged 93)
Leesburg, Virginia, U.S.
EducationBaltimore City College ("magnet" - high school), Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore)
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • writer
  • narrator
Notable workGrowing Up
AwardsPulitzer Prize (1979, 1983)

Russell Wayne Baker (August 14, 1925 – January 21, 2019) was an American journalist, narrator, writer of Pulitzer Prize-winning satirical commentary and self-critical prose, and author of Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography Growing Up (1983).[1] He was a columnist for The New York Times from 1962 to 1998, and hosted the PBS show Masterpiece Theatre from 1993 to 2004. The Forbes Media Guide Five Hundred, 1994 stated: "Baker, thanks to his singular gift of treating serious, even tragic events and trends with gentle humor, has become an American institution."[2]

  1. ^ Campbell, Colin (January 22, 2019). "Baltimore-raised Pulitzer Prize winner Russell Baker dies at 93". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, MD. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  2. ^ Terry Eastland, ed. Forbes Media Guide Five Hundred, 1994: A Critical Review of the Media (1994) p 275