Historian Tony Judt dies aged 62
Author of Postwar and New York University professor dies after two-year fight with motor neurone disease
Tony Judt, the British writer, historian and professor who was recently described as having the "liveliest mind in New York", has died after a two-year struggle with motor neurone disease.
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Saturday, 7 August, 2010
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