David Druck, noted Jewish author, died here today after a prolonged illness. He was sixty years old. Born in Kreuzburg, Latvia, he came to the United States in 1920 and Joined the editorial staff of the Jewish Morning Journal, a New York daily, where he worked until his illness. He was the author of a biography of Baron Edmond Rothschild, which also appeared in Paris in a French translation; a history of the Jewish Press, and a volume on Bible commentators.
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