J. Anthony Lukas

Jay Anthony Lukas (April 25, 1933-June 5, 1997) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American journalist and author, probably best known for his 1985 book titled "Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families," a study of race relations and school busing in Boston, Massachusetts.

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April 25 - 1933 - June 5 - 1997 - Pulitzer Prize - Boston, Massachusetts

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Lukas graduated from Harvard University in 1955, and began his journalism career at the Baltimore Sun, then moved to the New York Times. He stayed at the NY Times for nine years, working as a roving reporter. He quit the news-reporting job to pursue a career in book and magazine writing, becoming known for writing intensely researched nonfiction works.

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Harvard University - Baltimore Sun - New York Times

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It was in 1997, while his last book, "Big Trouble", was undergoing final revisions, that he committed suicide by hanging himself with a bathrobe sash. He had been diagnosed with depression about 10 years earlier.

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Suicide - Depression

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