Michael T. Kaufman

Michael T. Kaufman (March 23, 1938 – January 15, 2010) was a writer for the New York Times. He won the 1978 George Polk Award for foreign reporting for coverage of Africa. He died at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center from pancreatic cancer.^[1]

More than a year after his death, Kaufman was included in the byline for the New York Times obituary of Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011.^[2]

References

1. ^ Robert D. McFadden (January 15, 2010). "Michael Kaufman, Times Reporter Who Roamed World, Is Dead at 71". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/16/nyregion/16kaufman.html. Retrieved 2010-06-28. "Michael T. Kaufman, a former foreign correspondent, reporter and columnist for The New York Times who chronicled despotic regimes in Europe and Africa, the fall of Communism and the changing American scene for four decades, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 71. His death, at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, was caused by pancreatic cancer, his wife, Rebecca, said. Mr. Kaufman lived in Manhattan." 
2. ^ Zernike, Kate; Kaufman, Michael T. (May 2, 2011). "Obituary, Osama bin Laden, 1957-2011: The Most Wanted Face of Terrorism". http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/02/world/02osama-bin-laden-obituary.html. 

External links

• Booknotes interview with Kaufman on Mad Dreams, Saving Graces, July 30, 1989.

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Name	Kaufman, Michael T.
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Date of birth	March 23, 1938
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Date of death	January 15, 2010
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