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A tribute to Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
March 2, 2007
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Arthur Schlesinger died Feb. 28 at the age of 89. He was a respected historian, a key advisor to President John F. Kennedy and chronicler of the Kennedy family. Noted historians Doris Kearns Goodwin, Sean Wilentz and Alan Brinkley paid tribute to Arthur Schlesinger on Nov. 27, 2006 at the Kennedy Library in Boston. It was one of Schlesinger's last public appearances.



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