Richard N. Goodwin

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Born 1931-12-07 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA · Died 2018-05-20

Richard Naradof Goodwin (1931-2018) was an American writer and presidential advisor. He was an aide and speechwriter to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, and to Senator Eugene McCarthy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. He was married to historian Doris Kearns Goodwin for 42 years until his death in 2018 after a short bout with cancer. He was 86.