October 31, 2008


Studs Terkel. Gone. Today.


Chicago Tribune photo by Charles Osgood. May 16, 2007.

“I’m still in touch, but I’m ready to go,” he said last year at his last public appearance with the [Community Media Workshop], a nonprofit that recognizes Chicago reporters who take risks in covering the city.

Write about him later, okay?

Meantime: Rick Kogan, in the Chicago Tribune.

And: Division Street: America.

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One Response to “Studs Terkel. Gone. Today.”

  1. Sheila Ryan on October 31st, 2008 at 6:25 pm

    Not surprised. But stunned. As though the living breath has been knocked out of me. As though I’ve now toppled closer to the end of my own life.

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