Dan Baum

Dan Baum
Dan Baum
Born	Daniel Seth Baum; February 18, 1956
Died	October 8, 2020 (aged 64); Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
Occupation	Journalist, Writer
Alma mater	New York University
Genre	Non-fiction
Spouse	Margaret L. Knox
Children	1

Dan Baum (February 18, 1956 – October 8, 2020) was an American journalist and author who wrote for The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Wired, Playboy, and The New York Times Magazine among other publications.[1]

Biography

Baum was born in Orange, New Jersey (or South Orange, New Jersey) to Seymour and Audrey Bernice (Goldberger) Baum.[1][2] Raised in South Orange, Baum graduated from Columbia High School in 1974.[3] He graduated from New York University in 1978.[1][2]

He married Margaret L. Knox in 1987.[1]

Career

He wrote about his firing from The New Yorker in one of the first twitter threads in the early days of Twitter.

Baum wrote four works of non-fiction including Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans (2009). Baum wrote about New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005 for The New Yorker.

Books

Smoke and Mirrors: The War on Drugs and the Politics of Failure (1996), about federal drug policy
Citizen Coors: An American Dynasty (2000), about the brewing family
Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans (2009)
Gun Guys: A Road Trip (2013)

Death

Baum died from glioblastoma in Boulder, Colorado on October 8, 2020.[2]

References

Seelye, Katharine Q. (October 29, 2020). "Dan Baum, Journalist, Author and Long-Form Tweeter, Dies at 64". The New York Times. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
Schudel, Matt. "Dan Baum, journalist who wrote of the flooded lives of New Orleans, dies at 64", The Washington Post, October 13, 2020. "Daniel Seth Baum was born Feb. 18, 1956, in South Orange, N.J. His father was a businessman, his mother a social worker."
Mann, Mary Barr. "Dan Baum, 64, Columbia High School Class of '74 and Former WSJ & New Yorker Reporter", The Village Green of Maplewood and South Orange, October 26, 2020. Accessed October 31, 2020. "Dan Baum, who grew up in South Orange and graduated from Columbia High School in 1974 before embarking on a storied career as a journalist, died earlier this month."

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[nytobit-1] Seelye, Katharine Q. (October 29, 2020). "Dan Baum, Journalist, Author and Long-Form Tweeter, Dies at 64". The New York Times. Retrieved October 31, 2020.

[WPobit-2] Schudel, Matt. "Dan Baum, journalist who wrote of the flooded lives of New Orleans, dies at 64", The Washington Post, October 13, 2020. "Daniel Seth Baum was born Feb. 18, 1956, in South Orange, N.J. His father was a businessman, his mother a social worker."

[3] Mann, Mary Barr. "Dan Baum, 64, Columbia High School Class of '74 and Former WSJ & New Yorker Reporter", The Village Green of Maplewood and South Orange, October 26, 2020. Accessed October 31, 2020. "Dan Baum, who grew up in South Orange and graduated from Columbia High School in 1974 before embarking on a storied career as a journalist, died earlier this month."