Ernie Pyle's Death
Born (Birthday) August 3, 1900
Death Date April 18, 1945
Age of Death 44 years
Cause of Death Firearm
Profession Journalist
The journalist Ernie Pyle died at the age of 44. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
A WWII correspondent who won the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting from the front lines.
He married Geraldine Siebolds in 1925.
Quotes
"In their eyes as they pass is not hatred, not excitement, not despair, not the tonic of their victory – there is just the simple expression of being here as though they had been here doing this forever, and nothing else.
"I’ve been immersed in it too long. My spirit is wobbly and my mind is confused. The hurt has become too great.
"Below us the Thames grew lighter, and all around below were the shadows – the dark shadows of buildings and bridges that formed the base of this dreadful masterpiece.
"I’ve really been sick with this cold, but I think I might have kept the columns going anyhow except I was just so low in spirit, I didn’t have the will to struggle against them when my deadline was so close and I felt so lousy.
"The men are walking. They are fifty feet apart, for dispersal. Their walk is slow, for they are dead weary, as you can tell even when looking at them from behind. Every line and sag of their bodies speaks their inhuman exhaustion.