David Halberstam, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who chronicled the Vietnam War generation, civil rights and the world of sports, was killed in a car crash Monday, authorities said. He was 73.
The accident occurred around 10:30 a.m., and Halberstam was declared dead at the scene, Menlo Park Fire Chief Harold Schapelhouman said.
The driver of the car carrying Halberstam and the person driving the car that crashed into his were injured, but not seriously.
His wife, Jean Halberstam said she would remember him most for his “unending, bottomless generosity to young journalists.”
As word of Halberstam’s death spread through the news industry, tributes and remembrances poured in.
He won a Pulitzer at age 30 for his reporting from Vietnam for the Times.
Mr. Halberstam, who wrote 21 books, including 15 best-sellers, spent years researching every dimension of the subjects he tackled. Mr. Halberstam’s newest book, The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War, was expected to be released in the fall.
David Halberstam was born on April 10, 1934, in New York City - the son of a surgeon and a teacher.
Books written by David Halberstam-
The Noblest Roman, 1961
The Unfinished Odyssey of Robert Kennedy, 1965
The Making of a Quagmire: America and Vietnam during the Kennedy Era, 1965
One Very Hot Day, 1967
Ho, 1971
The Best and the Brightest, 1972
The Powers That Be, 1979
The Breaks of the Game, 1981
The Amateurs: The Story of Four Young Men and Their Quest for an Olympic Gold Medal, 1985
The Reckoning, 1986
Summer of ‘49, 1989
The Next Century, 1991
The Fifties, 1993
October 1964, 1994
The Children, 1999
Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made, 1999
War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals, 2001
Firehouse, 2002
The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship, 2003
