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Leonard Levitt (Leonard Hugh Levitt) was born on 27 April, 1941 in The Bronx, New York City, United States, is an American journalist and author (1941–2020). Discover Leonard Levitt's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?
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Leonard Hugh Levitt |
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79 years old |
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27 April, 1941 |
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27 April |
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The Bronx, New York City, United States |
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18 May, 2020 |
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Stamford, Connecticut, United States |
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United States
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Leonard Levitt Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Leonard Levitt's Wife?
His wife is Susan (m. 1974)
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Leonard Levitt Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Leonard Levitt worth at the age of 79 years old? Leonard Levitt’s income source is mostly from being a successful journalist. He is from United States. We have estimated Leonard Levitt's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Leonard Hugh Levitt (April 27, 1941May 18, 2020) was an American author known for his books about crime and the New York City Police Department.
Levitt was born in The Bronx, New York City, on April 27, 1941.
His father, Boris, operated a business dealing with import/export; his mother, Celia (Kossovsky), was an English teacher at Hunter College.
He grew up in the Five Towns area on Long Island.
He was an Edgar Award winner and worked as a Peace Corps teacher in Tanzania in the early and mid-1960s.
He was also the author of An African Season about his experiences in Tanzania and as a teacher.
It was the first book ever written by a Peace Corps volunteer.
He graduated from Lawrence Woodmere Academy and went on to study at Dartmouth College, obtaining a bachelor's degree from that institution in 1963.
Levitt subsequently joined the Peace Corps and spent two years in Tanzania teaching English.
One of his students at Mpuguso Middle School in Rungwe District, Southern Highlands Province, was Godfrey Mwakikagile who became an African studies scholar and author of many non-fiction books on African history, economics, and politics.
“I remember very well what one of our first Peace Corp teachers said when he introduced himself to us in class at Mpuguso Middle School in Rungwe District in the Southern Highlands one morning in the early part of 1964 when I was in standard eight, what Americans call the eighth grade.
He said: 'My name is Leonard Levitt.
In 1975, he began working for Newsday, first as a beat reporter writing about police on Long Island, and later for the paper's New York edition.
Levitt also taught Oscar Mwamwaja, one of Tanzania's first commercial airline pilots who survived an Air Tanzania hijacking on February 26, 1982, during which he was forced to fly from Tanzania to Britain, according to reports, "Hijacked Jetliner Arrives in Britain," The New York Times, 28 February 1982, and "4 Tanzanian Hijackers Surrender; 90 Hostages Are Freed in Britain," The New York Times, 1 March 1982.
Levitt wrote about his experiences as a teacher in Tanzania in the article "Tanzania: A Dream Deferred", as well as the book An African Season..
The latter was the first book to be written by a member of the Peace Corps.
In his book, Africa: Dawn of a New Era, Godfrey Mwakikagile stated the following about Leonard Levitt:
The two reporters read through approximately 400 pages of police documents and over 100 interviews.
They concluded that the local police had acquiesced to the Skakel family, who were related to the Kennedy family through marriage.
The report prompted authorities to reopen its investigation and press charges against Michael Skakel for murder.
Although Skakel was convicted of murdering Moxley in 2002, he was freed in 2013 and had his conviction quashed in 2018, after an appeals court found that he had not been given effective assistance of counsel.
Levitt left the New York edition of Newsday when the paper shut down in 2005.
He launched his own blog called "NYPD Confidential", which was a continuation of his Newsday column "One Police Plaza" that he started a decade earlier.
The New York City Police Department proceeded to revoke his press pass and prohibited him from entering the Department's headquarters, claiming that he was no longer licensed to possess credentials.
However, he eventually regained these with the assistance of the New York Civil Liberties Union.
The book detailing his investigation of the Moxley case, Conviction: Solving the Moxley Murder, which Levitt co-wrote with Frank Garr (the lead investigator for the prosecution), won the Edgar Award in 2005 for best non-fiction.
Levitt was married to Susan (née Gina) for 46 years.
Together, they had a son (Michael) and a daughter (Jennifer).
I am a Jew from New York City.'” - (Godfrey Mwakikagile, Africa: Dawn of a New Era, New Africa Press, 2015, p. 314).
After graduating from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Levitt was first hired by the Long Island Press to be their sportswriter on a part-time basis.
He was later employed by the Associated Press, The Detroit News, and Time.
Levitt died on May 18, 2020, at his home in Stamford, Connecticut.
He was 79, and had been suffering from lung cancer in the two years leading up to his death.
News of his death was first announced by his daughter.