'After all, he had written for them, and one of his articles had wound up the most viewed article for the year. One part was writing 'Notes Toward an Obituary,' which he thought he would share with his hometown newspaper, the Washington PostĪuthor James W Loewen, who shot to fame with Lies My Teacher Told Me - a tome which sought to debunk history told in popular US text books - has died of cancer aged 79 Loewen, who lived in Washington DC, was diagnosed with stage four bladder cancer in 2019, and began compiling his own obituary to try and ensure his life was accurately reflected after his death.Ī note on Loewen's website says: 'Having received a diagnosis in 2019 of muscle-invasive metastatic bladder cancer, Stage IV, with a prognosis of just below 1% survival after three years, he started putting his affairs in order. Achieving justice in the present helps us tell the truth about the past.' James W Loewen succumbed to the disease at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, on Friday, his publisher New Press announced Friday.Ī spokesman for the author, who was also a professor emeritus at the University of Vermont, said: 'Telling the truth about the past helps cause justice in. The author of a smash-hit history book which aimed to debunk the truth about the history of the United States has died of bladder cancer aged 79.
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