Dan Baum (February 18, 1956 – October 8, 2020) was an American journalist and author who wrote for ''

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Biography

Baum was born in

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) to Seymour and Audrey Bernice (Goldberger) Baum. Raised in South Orange, Baum graduated from

Columbia High School Columbia High School may refer to: *Columbia High School (Huntsville, Alabama) *Columbia High School (Georgia) *Columbia High School (Florida) *Columbia High School (Idaho) *Columbia High School (Illinois) *Columbia High School (Mississippi), a Mis ...

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"Dan Baum, 64, Columbia High School Class of '74 and Former ''WSJ'' & ''New Yorker'' Reporter"
''The Village Green of Maplewood and South Orange'', October 26, 2020. Accessed October 31, 2020. "Dan Baum, who grew up in South Orange and graduated from Columbia High School in 1974 before embarking on a storied career as a journalist, died earlier this month." He graduated from

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in 1978.Schudel, Matt
"Dan Baum, journalist who wrote of the flooded lives of New Orleans, dies at 64"
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'', October 13, 2020. "Daniel Seth Baum was born Feb. 18, 1956, in South Orange, N.J. His father was a businessman, his mother a social worker." He married Margaret L. Knox in 1987.

Career

He wrote about his firing from ''The New Yorker'' in one of the first twitter threads in the early days of Twitter. Baum wrote four works of non-fiction including ''Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans'' (2009). Baum wrote about New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005 for ''The New Yorker''.

Books

* ''Smoke and Mirrors: The War on Drugs and the Politics of Failure'' (1996), about federal drug policy * ''Citizen Coors: An American Dynasty'' (2000), about the brewing family * ''Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans'' (2009) * ''Gun Guys: A Road Trip'' (2013)

Death

Baum died from

glioblastoma Glioblastoma, previously known as glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), is one of the most aggressive types of cancer that begin within the brain. Initially, signs and symptoms of glioblastoma are nonspecific. They may include headaches, personality ch ...

Boulder, Colorado Boulder is a home rule city that is the county seat and most populous municipality of Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 108,250 at the 2020 United States census, making it the 12th most populous city in Color ...

on October 8, 2020.

References

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