Richard Ben Cramer

Quick Facts

Full Name	Richard Ben Cramer
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Jun 12, 1950(1950-06-12)
Age	74
Date Of Death	2013-01-07
Birthplace	Rochester
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Gemini

Richard Ben Cramer Biography

Richard Ben Cramer is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on June 12, 1950 in Rochester, New York, United States. Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, author and editor who was awarded the award for his coverage on the Middle East in 1979.

In 2000, his biography of His biography of Joe Dimaggio became a New York Times Bestseller in 2000. was a New York Times Bestseller.

Cramer was born and raised in Rochester, New York, the son of Brud and Blossom Cramer. He graduated from Brighton High School in 1967. He wrote for Trapezoid, the school’s student newspaper, after he was cut from the baseball team. He earned a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts in 1971 from Johns Hopkins University where he was also a writer and editor for The Johns Hopkins News- Letter. Unable to land a job at The Baltimore Sun, he instead attended the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where he received a master’s degree one year later in 1972.

Cramer worked as a journalist at several well-known publications, including The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Baltimore Sun, Esquire Magazine, and Rolling Stone. He won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1979 for his coverage of the Middle East and was a finalist for the same Prize in 1981. His work as a political reporter culminated in What It Takes: The Way to the White House, an account of the 1988 presidential election that is considered one of the seminal journalistic studies of presidential electoral politics. His book, Joe DiMaggio: The Hero’s Life was a New York Times bestseller in 2000. He was an avid New York Yankees fan and lived on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. His final published book was How Israel Lost: The Four Questions, about the ways in which the Israeli occupation has corrupted the country’s original vision.

Joan, his wife, was his marital partner until his death.

Richard Ben Cramer Net Worth

Richard Ben Cramer is one of the richest Journalist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richard Ben Cramer 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He received his Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts at Johns Hopkins University in 1971.

He co-wrote and narrated the Academy Award nominated documentary The Battle Over Citizen Kane.

Richard Ben Cramer (June 12, 1950 – January 7, 2013) was an American journalist and writer.

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Who is Richard Ben Cramer Dating?

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Richard Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Richard Ben Cramer celebrates birthday on June 12 of every year.

Who is Richard Cramer?

Richard Ben Cramer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and the author of “What It Takes,” a prodigious account of the 1988 presidential election that has been widely hailed as among the finest books about American politics ever written, died on Monday night in Baltimore. He was 62.

What it takes the way to the White House?

What It Takes: The Way to the White House ( ISBN 9780394562605) is a nonfiction book about the 1988 United States presidential election, written by Richard Ben Cramer. It was published in 1992.