John Fetterman | |
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Born | Danville, Kentucky, U.S. | February 25, 1920
Died | June 21, 1975 Louisville, Kentucky U.S. | (aged 55)
Occupation | Journalist |
Known for | Winning several Pulitzer Prizes |
John Fetterman (February 25, 1920 – June 21, 1975) was an American journalist, a reporter for The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky. He won the Pulitzer Prize for local, general, or spot-news reporting for his 1968 story "Pfc. Gibson Comes Home", about the death of a soldier in Vietnam and the return of his body.[1] It focused on (James T. Gibson) the young man's family in Knott County, Kentucky and the wider community. Fetterman also contributed to a Courier-Journal series on strip mining that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1967.[2]
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