Howard Thompson (film critic)

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Howard Thompson
Gender male
Born 1919
Birth place Natchez, Mississippi
Age 82
Died March 10, 2002
in Cape Canaveral, Florida
Circumstances
Occupation journalist and film critic
Notable credit(s) The New York Times

Howard Thompson (1919-10 March 2002) was an American journalist, most of whose career of nearly forty years was at The New York Times.

[edit] Life

Thompson was born in Natchez, Miss. He began his college studies at Louisiana State University[1], then left to serve as a paratrooper in the U.S. Army.

He died in 2002 of pneumonia in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

[edit] Bibliography

  • Thompson, Howard. The New York Times Guide to Movies on TV. Darien House, 1970 ASIN B000BI2LYY

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Martin, Douglas. "Howard Thompson, 82, Writer Of Mini-Reviews for The Times." The New York Times, 13 March 2002