Dan Wakefield, Indiana Writer of All Trades, Dies at 91

Dan Wakefield, an accomplished scribe who rubbed elbows with political luminaries and literary giants while capturing American lives—including his own—in his books, journalistic dispatches, and screenplays, died in Florida on Wednesday. He was 91.

His attorney, Ken Bennett, confirmed his death to The Indianapolis Star, though he did not share a cause. Will Higgins, a friend and former radio colleague, told The New York Times that the writer had moved from Indianapolis to Miami after a stroke late last year.

“What is incredible about Dan is the experiences he had in his writing life and the number of people he called a friend, from Kurt Vonnegut to James Baldwin,” Bennett told the Star.

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