Author David Halberstam killed in auto accident
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Menlo Park, CA - Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Halberstam was killed in a car accident at the intersection of the westbound Bayfront Expressway and Willow Road in Menlo Park Monday. He was 73 years old.
Halberstam was the passenger in a 1996 Toyota Camry hit passenger-side broadside by another vehicle at 10:35 a.m. local time in Menlo Park, south of San Francisco. He was pronounced dead at the scene 10 minutes after the accident, according to Kristine Gamble, the senior deputy coroner of San Mateo County.
The author penned novels detailing the wide spectrum of American culture from the politics of war in Vietnam to the policy of the John F. Kennedy administration.
Later in his career, Halberstam turned to sports, writing a novel about Bill Walton and the 1978 Portland Trail Blazers then detailing the exploits of Michael Jordan. He also delved into the heated New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox rivalry with a book titled "Summer of '49." He also wrote a book entitled "The Education of a Coach" about Patriots coach Bill Belichick.
He wrote a gripping novel about the 9/11 tragedy and was working on a book about the Korean War at the time of his passing.
Menlo Park, CA - Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Halberstam was killed in a car accident at the intersection of the westbound Bayfront Expressway and Willow Road in Menlo Park Monday. He was 73 years old.
Halberstam was the passenger in a 1996 Toyota Camry hit passenger-side broadside by another vehicle at 10:35 a.m. local time in Menlo Park, south of San Francisco. He was pronounced dead at the scene 10 minutes after the accident, according to Kristine Gamble, the senior deputy coroner of San Mateo County.
The author penned novels detailing the wide spectrum of American culture from the politics of war in Vietnam to the policy of the John F. Kennedy administration.
Later in his career, Halberstam turned to sports, writing a novel about Bill Walton and the 1978 Portland Trail Blazers then detailing the exploits of Michael Jordan. He also delved into the heated New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox rivalry with a book titled "Summer of '49." He also wrote a book entitled "The Education of a Coach" about Patriots coach Bill Belichick.
He wrote a gripping novel about the 9/11 tragedy and was working on a book about the Korean War at the time of his passing.
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