Richard Eder
Richard Eder | |
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| Born | Richard Gray Eder August 16, 1932[1] |
| Died | November 21, 2014 (aged 82) |
| Occupation(s) | Film critic, drama critic |
Richard Gray Eder (August 16, 1932 – November 21, 2014)[1] was for 20 years variously a foreign correspondent, a film reviewer and the drama critic for the New York Times.[2] Subsequently he was book critic for the Los Angeles Times, winning a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism[3] and the National Book Critics Circle annual citation.[citation needed]
In the last years of his life, he wrote book reviews for both Times's and the Boston Globe. On November 21, 2014, Eder died of pneumonia as a result of post-polio syndrome in Boston, Massachusetts, aged 82.[4] He was a great-grandson of James Martin Eder.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b c Weber, Bruce (November 21, 2014). "Richard Eder, Arts Critic and Foreign Correspondent, Dies at 82". The New York Times.
- ^ Profile, nytimes.com; accessed November 23, 2014.
- ^ Pulitzer Prize for Criticism won by Eder, pqarchiver.com; accessed November 23, 2014.
- ^ Notice of death of Richard Eder, latimes.com; November 23, 2014; accessed November 23, 2014.
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- Deaths from pneumonia
- Infectious disease deaths in Massachusetts
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