
- Name: Russell Baker
- Born: 08/14/1925
- Died: 01/21/2019 (93 years old)
- Occupation: Journalist, writer, narrator
Russell Wayne Baker (August 14, 1925 – January 21, 2019) was an American journalist, narrator, writer of Pulitzer Prize-winning satirical commentary and self-critical prose, and author of Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography Growing Up (1983). He was a columnist for The New York Times from 1962 to 1998, and hosted the PBS show Masterpiece Theatre from 1992 to 2004. The Forbes Media Guide Five Hundred, 1994 stated: “Baker, thanks to his singular gift of treating serious, even tragic events and trends with gentle humor, has become an American institution.”
Birth Name: Russell Wayne Baker
Notable Works: Growing Up
Awards: Pulitzer Prize
Alias: Russell Wayne Baker
Birth Place: Loudoun County, Virginia, U.S.
Death Place: Leesburg, Virginia, U.S.
Source: Wikipedia