John Jude Curran (November 21, 1953 – July 5, 2013) was an American

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and editor. Curran was a journalist at '' Fortune'' magazine from 1978 to 1998. He then served as the editor of ''Mutual Fund'' magazine from 1998 until the publication's closure in 2003. He joined ''

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'' in 2010, working as a senior writer and editor for ''

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'' magazine. He also appeared as a regular business commentator on ''

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'' for ten years. Curran was born in the

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, New York, on November 21, 1953, to John Francis and Catherine Curran. His father worked for

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as a

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executive. Curran was raised in

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. He attended Catholic schools and received a

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in languages and literature from

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in 1975. Curran joined the staff of '' Fortune'' magazine as a journalist in 1978. He focused on Wall Street,

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, business and

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. He received the

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award in 1988 for his reports on Japan. He left ''Fortune'' in 1998 to become the editor of the now defunct ''Mutual Fund'' magazine. He was the recipient of the Time Inc. Luce Award in 2001 for commissioning a story on international terrorism, which was published six months before the

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. ''Mutual Fund'', a

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publication, was closed in 2003. He joined ''

'' in 2010 as a senior journalist for ''

'' magazine. Curran then became the

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. Curran died at home in

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, on July 5, 2013, following a 14-month battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or

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, at the age of 59. He was survived by his wife, Joan, and their four children, Alissa, Alexandra, Joanna, and John Richard.

References

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