Curtis Bill Pepper | |
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 Bill Pepper in Rome, 1969 | |
| Born | Curtis Bill Pepper August 30, 1917 |
| Died | April 4, 2014 (aged 96) |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, author |
| Spouse | Beverly Pepper (1949—2014) |
| Parent(s) | Edwina Sheppard Pepper and Curtis Gordon Pepper[1] |
Curtis Bill Pepper (August 30, 1917 – April 4, 2014) was an American journalist and author, who published seven books. He was Newsweek's Mediterranean bureau chief in Rome from the mid-1950s to mid-1960s. He also worked for Edward R. Murrow at the Rome bureau of CBS, and covered the Vatican for United Press. His last work, Leonardo, was a biographical novel of Leonardo da Vinci. It was conceived in the years following his studies of the Italian Renaissance at the University of Florence.
- ^ "Edwina S Pepper, Huntington, West Virginia", U.S. Federal Census, Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1920 – via ancestry.com