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Also Known As	David Gaub McCullough
Born	July 7, 1933 • Pittsburgh • Pennsylvania
Died	August 7, 2022 (aged 89) • Hingham • Massachusetts
Awards And Honors	National Book Award • Presidential Medal of Freedom (2006) • Pulitzer Prize (2002) • Pulitzer Prize (1993)
Subjects Of Study	biography

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