biography
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Baker, Russell (Wayne)
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| lived:
| (1925– )
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| biography:
| Journalist, born in Loudoun Co, Virginia, USA. Starting as a reporter for the Baltimore Sun, he joined the New York Times in 1954. In 1962, based in Washington, DC, he launched his ‘Observer’ column, with its wide-ranging, generally humorous observations on politics and life. He won a 1979 Pulitzer Prize for commentary, and a 1983 Pulitzer Prize for his best-selling first volume of reminiscences, Growing Up. |
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