Photos: David McCullough through the years (1933-2022)
David McCullough, the Pulitzer-winning historian who wrote about John Adams and the Brooklyn Bridge, has died at age 89.
Writer and historian David McCullough sits in the shade of a tree behind his Martha's Vineyard home in West Tisbury, Mass. in this , May 12, 2001 file photo.Β
President Bush signs the John Adams Commemorative Work bill in the Oval Office of the White House with Rep. Tim Roemer, D-Ind., left, Adams' biographer David McCullough, center, and Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., right, Monday, Dec. 2, 2002. The bill authorizes a memorial to former President John Adams and his legacy to be designed and built in Washington.
Seated from left, former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, U.S. Rep. Marty Meehan, D-Mass., and historian David McCullough, appear at a news conference by the Concord Bridge in Concord, Mass., Thursday, May 29, 2003, as the National Trust for Historic Preservation named Minute Man National Historical Park and its environs to its 2003 list of 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. Standing, from left, are Concord Minutemen Jay Powers, Fred Donnelly, and Don Costello, all of Concord. (AP Photo/Julia Malakie)
Author and Pulitzer-Prize winning historian David McCullough poses for in front of the Longfellow House in Cambridge, Mass., May 11, 2005. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)
Author and Pulitzer-Prize winning historian David McCullough teaches 5th grade students at Josiah Haynes Elementary School in Sudbury, Mass., May 11, 2005. McCullough was a guest speaker for his grandson's classroom. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)
Author and Pulitzer-Prize winning historian David McCullough is seen in the George Washington's ward room at the Longfellow House in Cambridge, Mass., on May 11, 2005. Simon & Schuster is going to publish the illustrated edition of his "1776" this fall. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)
Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough fires a cannon as Mount Vernon rolled out the red carpet for the opening of the Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center, in Mount Vernon, Va., Friday, Oct. 27, 2006. Guests sat on the one-of-a-kind pasture roof for the ceremony. At the podium, center, is James Rees, executive director of Mount Vernon. (AP Photo/Linda Spillers)
President Bush, right, bestows the Presidential Medal of Freedom to historian David McCullough during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 15, 2006. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Former President George H.W. Bush, left, speaks with historian David McCullough during an appearance at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Okla., Wednesday, March 7, 2007. (AP Photo/James Schammerhorn)
From left, actors Paul Giamatti, Tom Hanks and author David McCullough arrive at the HBO premiere of "John Adams" at the Museum of Modern Art, Monday, Mar. 3, 2008, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
Author David McCullough talks with reporters before the HBO premiere of "John Adams" at the Boston Public Library, Friday, March 7, 2008 in Boston. (AP Photo/Greg M. Cooper)
Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough speaks to an audience during Boston College commencement exercises, Monday, May 19, 2008 in Boston. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)
Historian and author David McCullough is interviewed about his new book, "The Greater Journey," at the National Portrait Gallery, in Washington, on Friday, May 13, 2011. The book is about Americans in Paris in the 19th century. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
In this May 13, 2011 photo, historian and author David McCullough poses with art by George Catlin, one of the artists featured in his new book, "The Greater Journey," at the Catlin galleries of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington. The book is about Americans in Paris in the 19th century. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
In this May 10, 2012 photo, author David McCullough, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for books "Truman" and "John Adams," gestures as he walks over the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. McCullough is celebrating the 40th anniversary of his book "The Great Bridge," which has just been reissued with a new introduction by the 78-year-old writer. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
David McCullough, right, receives an honorary degree during Lesley University commencement in Boston, Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Author and historian David McCullough arrives at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum before the 2017 Profile in Courage award Sunday, May 7, 2017, in Boston. Former President Barack Obama was presented with the 2017 award during the ceremonies. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Author David McCullough speaks during the opening ceremony for Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, Wednesday, April 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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David McCullough, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian who wrote lovingly crafted narratives about subjects from John Adams to the Brooklyn Bridge, has died.
