Richard Kindleberger (June 17, 1942 – January 1, 2010) was an American newspaper

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and

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who worked at '' The Boston Globe''.

Early life

Richard Kindleberger was born in

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, Maryland, in 1942, and raised in Lincoln, Massachusetts. He had two sisters and one brother. His father,

Charles P. Kindleberger Charles Poor Kindleberger (October 12, 1910 – July 7, 2003) was an American economic historian and author of over 30 books. His 1978 book ''Manias, Panics, and Crashes'', about speculative stock market bubbles, was reprinted in 2000 after the ...

, was an economist at

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and an architect of the Marshall Plan. In 1960, Richard graduated from

Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School (LSRHS or L-S) is a public regional high school in Sudbury, Massachusetts, with a 99% graduation-rate. The school was founded in 1954, and the building was replaced prior to the 2004–2005 academic year, wit ...

. He developed an interest for languages and learned Russian, French,

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, and Spanish. After graduating from Cornell University in 1967, he worked as a reporter at the Worcester Evening Gazette for almost 3 years. Kindleberger later received a

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. Kindleberger was hired by '' The Boston Globe'', where he began working as an environmental reporter and a copy editor beginning in 1972. He joined a spotlight team and helped investigate reports on abuse in the Massachusetts

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system and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

Personal life

On 1978, Kindleberger married Sarah Wells and later had two daughters named Kate and Carrie Kindleberger. The couple were married for more than 12 years until Sarah died from cancer. After three years he married his second wife, Jean Hale.

Death

After spending at least thirty years as a reporter and editor, Kindleberger died from a brain tumor on January 1, 2010, at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the age of 67.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kindleberger, Richard 1942 births 2010 deaths American editors American male journalists American reporters and correspondents Cornell University alumni Writers from Cambridge, Massachusetts Writers from Baltimore The Boston Globe people