Richard N. Goodwin

Birthday:

12/07/1931

Place of birth:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA:

Biography:

Richard Naradof Goodwin (1931-2018) was an American writer and presidential advisor. He was an aide and speechwriter to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, and to Senator Eugene McCarthy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. He was married to historian Doris Kearns Goodwin for 42 years until his death in 2018 after a short bout with cancer. He was 86.