Correct Answer : 7th August 2022
David McCullough, best-selling author and renowned historian who won Pulitzer Prizes for his biographies of presidents John Adams and Harry Truman, has died at the age of 89..
McCullough died on Sunday(7th Aug 2022) at his home in Hingham, Massachusetts, surrounded by his five children, according to a Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/DavidMcCulloughBooks maintained by his publisher, Simon and Schuster.
McCullough was known for writing several deeply researched and popular works about important American figures and points in history such as the building of the Brooklyn Bridge and the first flight by the Wright Brothers.
McCullough won a Pulitzer Prize in 1993 for "Truman," a biography about the 33rd president of the United States and another Prize in 2002 for "John Adams," a biography about the 2nd US president.
McCullough also earned National Book Awards for the "The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal" and "Mornings on Horseback."
In 2016,
McCullough was awarded the P
residential Medal of Freedom, the
nation’s highest civilian award.
Born : 7 July 1933, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Died : 7 August 2022, Hingham, Massachusetts, United States.
Source : Deccan Herald
