Manning Marable, African-American Studies Scholar, Has Died at 60

[tishaLA]

Source: NY Times

Manning Marable, the author of a long-awaited new biography of Malcolm X to be published Monday and director of the Institute for Research in African American Studies at Columbia University, died Friday at the age of 60, his wife, Leith Mullings, has confirmed.

He had been hospitalized with pneumonia last month, and last summer had a double lung transplant meant to relieve him of sarcoidosis, a lung disease from which he had suffered for a quarter century.

A full obituary will appear later.


Read more: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/01/manning-marable-african-american-studies-scholar-has-died-at-60/?partner=rss&emc=rss

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More about Prof Marable, a consistent fighter for justice, on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manning_Marable

RIP

[jwirr]

1. Very sorry he could not live long enough to see his book in print. nt

[Zephie]

2. At least he finished his book first, I'm sure that comforted him at least a little.

His legacy will live on.

[alp227]

3. full obituary is out now

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/02/books/malcolm-x-biographer-dies-on-eve-of-publication-of-redefining-work.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

Hmm I shall read that book.

[Hardrada]

5. I will too.

[Blue_Tires]

4. kick...

[fortyfeetunder]

6. A kick for the Greatest page

RIP Professor Marable.

[eridani]

7. Shit. Way too young

Wonderful writer.