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*** ,1936
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January 7, 2021 (84 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Scorpio
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Cornelius Mahoney Sheehan is an American journalist. While a New York Times correspondent in 1971, Sheehan obtained classified Pentagon papers from Daniel Ellsberg. His series of articles reveals the secret history of the Vietnam War by the US Department of Defense and leads to a lawsuit filed by the US Supreme Court, New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 U.S. 713, invalidated the United States government's use of the suspend publication ban. He received the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Prize for his 1988 book A Bright Shining Lie, on the life of Lieutenant-Colonel John Paul Vann and the American involvement in the Vietnam War.
BornCornelius Mahoney Sheehan, October 27, 1936, Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJanuary 7, 2021, Washington, D.C, U.S.
EducationHarvard University
OccupationJournalist

About Neil Sheehan

Journalist Neil Sheehan was born in Massachusetts, United States on October 27, 1936. He dies at the age of 84, on January 7, 2021.

Author and former New York Times writer best known for releasing the Pentagon Papers in 1971 and writing about it. In 1989, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

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Neil Sheehan before becoming famous

Neil Sheehan was born in the Zodiac sign Scorpio (The Scorpion), and 1936 is also the year of Rat (鼠) in the Chinese Zodiac.

After graduating from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in 1958, he joined the US Army.

Achievement of Neil Sheehan

For his book A Bright Shining Lie, about the Vietnam War, he won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award in 1989.

Neil Sheehan's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Susan Sheehan, his wife, was also a Pulitzer Prize winner.

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Other Daniel Ellsberg provided him with the confidential Pentagon Papers, which he received.

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Neil Sheehan Income & Net worth

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