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Bethesda, maryland. in 1966, johnson won the pulitzer for distinguished national reporting. of the civil rights struggle in selma, alabama. the award marked the first time in pulitzer prize history that a father and son had both received awards for reporting. his father, malcolm johnson won back in 1949 for his "new york sun" series, time on the waterfront, which was the basis for the academy award-winning film, "on the water front." haines johnson was 81 years old and he was a true gentleman. ♪ i' 'm a hard, hard ♪ worker every day. ♪