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Birth Name:

Les Payne

Male

Birth Date:

Sat, Jul 12, 1941

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

Age:

82

Zodiac Sign:

Cancer

Astrology Data:

Sun

19°

Can

55'

About Les Payne

Leslie Payne (July 12, 1941 – March 19, 2018) was an American journalist. He served as an editor and columnist at Newsday and was a founder of the National Association of Black Journalists. Payne received a Pulitzer Prize for his investigative research, and (with daughter Tamara Payne) the 2020 National Book Award for Nonfiction for his biography The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Payne's blog

• Samples of Payne's work at Newsday

• Les Payne at Library of Congress Authorities, with 1 catalog records

• Commencement address to the 2003 graduating class at the University of Connecticut

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Les Payne: Sun 19 Cancer, Moon 8 Pisces, Mercury 6 Cancer, Venus 12 Leo, Mars 5 Aries, Jupiter 10 Gemini, Saturn 25 Taurus, Uranus 29 Taurus, Neptune 25 Virgo, Pluto 3 Leo, Mercury Square Mars, Venus Sextile Jupiter, Venus Semi Square Neptune, Mars Trine Pluto, Saturn Conjunct Uranus, Saturn Trine Neptune, Uranus Trine Neptune

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