Deceased

How Did Studs Terkel Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 96

Also known asLouis TerkelGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn16/05/1912Born inNew York, New York, U.SDied31/10/2008 (aged 96)Died inChicagoCausefalling from heightWikidataQ529276 ↗TMDb#236489 ↗

Louis "Studs" Terkel was an American writer, historian, actor, and broadcaster. He received the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1985 for The Good War and is best remembered for his oral histories of common Americans, and for hosting a long-running radio show in Chicago.

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Filmography27 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2021	AlgrenMovie	Self	109
2016	Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord BuckleyMovie	Self	104
2015	Nelson Algren: The End Is Nothing, the Road Is All...Movie	—	103
2011	ProhibitionSeries	Self - Writer	99
2009	Studs Terkel: Listening to AmericaMovie	Self	97
2009	Soul of a People: Writing America's StoryMovie	Self	97
2007	Quearborn & Perversion: An Early History of Lesbian & Gay ChicagoMovie	Self	95
2006	Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell StreetMovie	self	94
2005	A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman CorwinMovie	—	93
2004	Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonMovie	Other Voices (voice)	92
2004	The Culture ShowSeries	Self	92
1997	AnthemMovie	Self	85
1997	Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the GloryMovie	—	85
1996	The Daily ShowSeries	Self	84
1996	CorwinMovie	Self	84
1995	The Home CourtSeries	Self	83
1994	BaseballSeries	Self (voice)	82
1992	Harry Bridges: A Man and His UnionMovie	Self (voice)	80
1990	The Civil WarSeries	Benjamin Butler / Various	78
1988	Eight Men OutMovie	Hugh Fullerton	76
1985	Studs Terkel's ChicagoMovie	Self	73
1984	The DollmakerMovie	Taxi Driver	72
1984	The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil WarMovie	Narrator	72
1982	American PlayhouseSeries	Self – Host	70
1982	WorkingMovie	Self - Host	70
1963	World in ActionSeries	—	51
0	Diamonds on the Silver ScreenMovie	Self	—