Pulitzer-winning historian Gordon S. Wood dies after parking-lot crash in Rhode Island
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Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood, longtime Brown University professor and Obama National Humanities Medal recipient, died after being struck by a car in a Shaw's supermarket parking lot in East Providence, Rhode Island. The driver is cooperating with investigators and no charges have been filed as police continue to investigate.
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- Gordon Wood, American Revolution expert cited in ‘Good Will Hunting,’ fatally struck by car in R.I. parking lot The Boston Globe
- Gordon S. Wood, Pioneering Historian of Early America, Dies at 92 The New York Times
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