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forrest
11-01-2008, 10:49 PM
Studs Terkel, who made his name listening to ordinary folks talk about their ordinary lives -- and who turned that knack for conversation into a much-honored literary career -- died Friday. He was 96.

Terkel died of old age at his home in Chicago, his son Dan said.
Studs Terkel, writer and radio personality, dies at 96 - Los Angeles Times (http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-me-terkel1-2008nov01,0,108267.story)