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Arthur Schlesinger

NEW YORK: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Kennedy insider, who helped define mainstream liberalism during the Cold War, has died at 89. Mr. Schlesinger suffered a heart attack on Wednesday night in Manhattan. Mr. Schlesinger was among the most famous historians of his time. He received a National Book Award for ``Robert Kennedy and His Times'' and both a National Book Award and a Pulitzer for ``A Thousand Days,'' his memoir/chronicle of President John F. Kennedy's rule. He also won a Pulitzer in 1946 for ``The Age of Jackson,'' his landmark chronicle of Andrew Jackson's administration. — AP

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