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Goodwin was married to Sandra Leverant from 1958 until her death in 1972. [3] [2] They had one son, Richard. [2] [3] On December 14, 1975, [23] he married writer and historian Doris Kearns, [3] [24] with whom he had two children: Michael and Joseph. [2] Goodwin died at his home in Concord, Massachusetts, on May 20, 2018, after a brief bout with ...
Doris Helen Kearns Goodwin (born January 4, 1943) [1] is an American biographer, historian, former sports journalist, and political commentator. She has written biographies of numerous U.S. presidents.
Doris Kearns Goodwin's next book is a work of history that's also close to home. ... A Personal History of the 1960s” is a reflection on her final years with her longtime husband, Richard ...
“An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s,” which is Doris Kearns Goodwin’s eighth book, focuses on her late husband, Richard Goodwin.
Doris Kearns Goodwin, ... "He was an extraordinary character who somehow traversed almost every important moment in the 1960s," Goodwin said of her husband in an interview with CBS News on March ...
According to historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, "Rose knew what was going on, but, in my judgment, she willed that knowledge out of her mind. She didn’t want to lose her marriage. She didn’t want to lose her husband. She didn’t want to lose that family that she had created. It mattered too much to her.
Throughout the 1960s, Doris Kearns and Richard Goodwin, who eventually married but didn’t meet each other until 1972 — were separately and famously involved in presidential politics.
In her book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin argues: Their intimacy is more an index to an era when close male friendships, accompanied by open expressions of affection and passion, were familiar and socially acceptable. Nor can sharing a bed be considered evidence of an erotic involvement.