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Obituaries

Tom Wolfe | 1931 – 2018

Wolfe is flanked by President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush in 2002 during the National Endowment for the Arts National Medal Awards ceremony at Constitution Hall in Washington. Wolfe was a recipient of the National Humanities Medal.

Wolfe is flanked by President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush in 2002 during the National Endowment for the Arts National Medal Awards ceremony at Constitution Hall in Washington. Wolfe was a recipient of the National Humanities Medal.

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Tom Wolfe, novelist and pioneer of New Journalism, dies at 87.

Tom Wolfe | 1931 – 2018

Tom Wolfe at the presentation of his book “Back to Blood” in 2013 in Barcelona, Spain.

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Tom Wolfe | 1931 – 2018

Tom Wolfe signs a copy of his book “Back to Blood” at a promotional event in Barcelona, Spain, in December 2013.

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Tom Wolfe | 1931 – 2018

Author Tom Wolfe lectures at Fordham University in February 2005.

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Tom Wolfe | 1931 – 2018

Author Tom Wolfe in San Francisco in 1997 to talk about his novel “Ambush at Fort Bragg.”

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Tom Wolfe | 1931 – 2018

Author Tom Wolfe in his New York apartment on Nov. 12, 1998.

  (Jim Cooper / Associated Press)

Tom Wolfe | 1931 – 2018

Tom Wolfe at the Stanhope Hotel in New York on Nov. 2, 2004.

  (Jim Cooper / Associated Press)

Tom Wolfe | 1931 – 2018

Journalist and novelist Thomas Wolfe in his usual white suit in 1980.

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