Joseph Pulitzer's Death
Born (Birthday) April 10, 1847
Death Date October 29, 1911
Age of Death 64 years
Cause of Death Heart Failure
Profession Journalist
The journalist Joseph Pulitzer died at the age of 64. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
The publisher and competitor of Hearst who created the esteemed journalism prize.
He married Kate Davis in 1878 and their first child was named Lucille.
Quotes
"Don’t be sensitive if I should, in future, seem brusque, harsh, or even unjust in my criticism. I sincerely hope I never shall be; but if I should, remember that fault-finding is perhaps both my privilege and my weakness, that correction is the only road to improvement, and that my quick temper and illness are entitled to some consideration.
"I am deeply interested in the progress and elevation of journalism, having spent my life in that profession, regarding it as a noble profession and one of unequaled importance for its influence upon the minds and morals of the people.
"Our Republic and its press will rise or fall together.
"A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will in time produce a people as base as itself.
"Principles, convictions and motives are neither sold nor bargained for!