Neil Sheehan

Cornelius Mahoney "Neil" Sheehan (October 27, 1936 – January 7, 2021) was an American journalist. He worked for The New York Times in 1971. Sheehan obtained the classified Pentagon Papers. His series of articles revealed a secret United States Department of Defense history of the Vietnam War and led to a Supreme Court case.

He received a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award for his 1988 book A Bright Shining Lie. He was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts.

Sheehan died at his Washington, D.C. home on January 7, 2021 from problems caused by Parkinson's disease, aged 84. 

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