Death and Legacy
Douglas Southall Freeman died of a heart attack on June 13, 1953 at his home in Westbourne, Virginia, at the age of 67. He was buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia.
Freeman's newspaper editorials and daily radio broadcasts made him one of the most influential men of Virginia. His analysis of the military campaigns of World War I and World War II brought him fame throughout the United States—especially in military circles. Presidents and leading commanders such as Chester W. Nimitz, and generals George Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, and Dwight D. Eisenhower sought his friendship and advice. Eisenhower would later indicate that it was Freeman who first persuaded him to think seriously about running for the presidency. In 1958, Freeman was posthumously awarded his second Pulitzer Prize for his six-volume biography of George Washington.
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