David Lardner, Date of Birth, Date of Death

David Lardner

Date of Birth: 11-Mar-1919

Date of Death: 19-Oct-1944

Profession: journalist

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

David Ellis Lardner (11 March 1919 – 19 October 1944) was an editor, a movie critic, and later a war correspondent for The New Yorker magazine.
He was the fourth son of humorist Ring Lardner.
He was killed when a land mine exploded under the jeep he was riding in while covering the European Theatre of World War II.
He had been in Europe for four months.