New York, Dec. 19.
Mr. Heywood Braun, veteran newspapermen and columnist, died here at 950 a.m, yesterday of pneumonia, at the age of 5l.
Mr. Broun's wife, son, and brother were at his "bedside. He was unconscious for 24 hours before his death. Mr. Braun received the last Catholic rites on Friday.
Mr. Braun was born at Brooklyn, New York, on December 7, 1888. He graduated from Harvard University in 1910 and started writing for the New York "Morning Telegraph," for which he had worked while a student at Harvard.
He was with the New York "Tribune" from 1912 until 1921 when he went to work for the old New York "World."
In 1817 Mr. Braun was sent to France with the American Expeditionary Forces as correspondent, In later years he worked for the New York "World Telegram" and for the "New York Post" as columnist.
Mr. Braun was president of the Newspaper Guild. His column was printed in numerous newspapers throughout the United States and was widely rosd. He was also the thor of several books—United Press, paid.
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