Gerald Posner

Gerald Posner (born May 20, 1954) is an investigative journalist and author of several books, including Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK (1993) which explores the John F. Kennedy assassination, and Killing the Dream: James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. A journalism scandal, involving his articles and books, arose in 2010. Posner was born in San Francisco, the only child of Jerry and Gloria Po... More

Date of birth:

  • May 20, 1954 (age 58 years)

Also known as:

  • Gerald L. Posner,
  • Gerald Posner
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Award Nominations:

Year Award Nominated work
  • 1994

Pulitzer Prize for History Nominees

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