Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Writer Howard Zinn Passes Away


Activist, historian and author Howard Zinn passes today with a heart attack being the cause of death. Zinn will best be known by and will be remembered for his book "A Peoples History of the United States". The original book was published in 1980 and only a mere 5,000 copies were printed. The best seller, has continued to attract a wide spectrum audience and 20 yrs later has done considerably well selling over a million copies worldwide. Zinn passes at the age of 87.

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