Dan Baum (February 18, 1956 – October 8, 2020) was an American journalist and author who wrote for The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Wired, Playboy, and The New York Times Magazine, among other publications.[1]
Dan Baum
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| Born | Daniel Seth Baum (1956-02-18)February 18, 1956 Orange, New Jersey |
| Died | October 8, 2020(2020-10-08) (aged 64) Boulder, Colorado, U.S. |
| Occupation | Journalist, Writer |
| Alma mater | New York University |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Spouse | Margaret L. Knox |
| Children | 1 |
Baum was born in Orange, New Jersey (orSouth Orange, New Jersey) to Seymour and Audrey Bernice (Goldberger) Baum.[1][2] Raised in South Orange, Baum graduated from Columbia High School in 1974.[3] He graduated from New York University in 1978.[1][2]
He married Margaret L. Knox in 1987.[1]
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.
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 Booknotes interview with Baum on Citizen Coors, June 11, 2000, C-SPAN |
Baum died from glioblastomainBoulder, Colorado on October 8, 2020.[2]