PEOPLE’S HISTORY AUTHOR ZINN DIES
Author HOWARD ZINN, who wrote the book which inspired MATT DAMON and MORG= AN FREEMAN’s documentary THE PEOPLE SPEAK, has died.
The historian and social activist passed away on Wednesday (27Jan10) af= ter suffering a heart attack while travelling with his daughter, Myla Kab= at-Zinn, in Santa Monica, California. He was 87.
Zinn is best known for writing A People’s History of the United States,= his 1980 non-fiction book which details the lives of ordinary people who= fought for social change in America.
It was turned into a documentary called The People Speak last year (09)= , featuring stars including Damon, Freeman, Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedd= er, Viggo Mortensen and Josh Brolin.
An accompanying soundtrack also featured Bob Dylan, Pink and Lupe Fiasc= o.
Zinn was a shipyard worker and Air Force bombardier in World War II, be= fore he went to college and became famous for leading strikes and anti-wa= r protests.
He is survived by his daughter.
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