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(1950-2013) Writer, journalist. Richard Ben Cramer was born in Rochester, New York, and died in Baltimore, Maryland. During his career he wrote for The Baltimore Sun, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone, and Esquire.

Full Name

Richard Ben Cramer

Locations

Monroe

Author's Timeline

1950

BIRTH

Richard Ben Cramer was born in Rochester, New York, on June 12, 1950.

1967

OTHER

Mr. Cramer graduated from Brighton High School in Brighton, New York, a suburb of Rochester, New York, in 1967.

1972

OTHER

Mr. Cramer received a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University in 1972.

1979

OTHER

Mr. Cramer won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting while writing for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

1991

LITWORK

Ted Williams: The Seasons of the Kid
Prentice Hall Trade
0135156939 / 978-0135156933
Biography.

1992

LITWORK

What It Takes: The Way to the White House
Random House
0394562607 / 978-0394562605
Nonfiction.

1995

LITWORK

Bob Dole
Vintage
0679766472 / 978-0679766476
Biography.

2000

LITWORK

Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life
Simon & Schuster
684853914
Biography.

2002

LITWORK

What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now?: A Remembrance
Simon & Schuster
743246489
Biography.

2004

LITWORK

How Israel Lost: The Four Questions
Simon & Schuster
0743250281 / 978-0743250283
Nonfiction.

2004

LITWORK

The Best American Sports Writing 2004
Houghton Mifflin
618251391
Nonfiction with Glenn Stout.

2013

DEATH

Richard Ben Cramer died at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, on January 7, 2013.

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