Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. died of a heart attack at the age of 89. A political icon he served many roles in domestic and foreign policies. The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and "court philosopher" of the Kennedy administration was dining with family members in Manhattan on Wednesday when he suffered a heart attack. Schlesinger had six children - four from his first marriage, to the author Marian Cannon, and two from his second, to Alexandra Emmet.Schlesinger was among the most prominent historians of his time, widely respected as learned and readable, with a panoramic vision of American culture and politics. He received a National Book Award for "Robert Kennedy and His Times" and a National Book Award and a Pulitzer for "A Thousand Days," his memoir/chronicle of President Kennedy's administration. He also won a Pulitzer, in 1946, for "The Age of Jackson," his landmark chronicle of Andrew Jackson's administration.
