“I was walking downstairs carrying a drink in one hand and a book in the other. Don't try that after ninety.”

— Studs Terkel

On breaking his hip, as quoted in "How Studs helps me lead my life" in Roger Ebert's Journal (24 May 2008) http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2008/05/how_studs_helps_me_lead_my_lif_1.html#more

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American author, historian and broadcaster 1912–2008

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