Tony Judt, Outspoken Historian and NYU Professor, Dies at Age 62

Tony Judt, the longtime professor of European history at New York University and controversial political essayist, has died of complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, according to an obituary in The New York Times. He was 62. Mr. Judt was the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including the highly acclaimed Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 (Penguin Press, 2005), but he was perhaps best known for his political commentary, especially his harsh criticism of Israeli policy. Increasingly paralyzed by ALS during the last two years of his life, he remained outspoken, delivering a public lecture last fall at NYU’s Remarque Institute on the topic, “What Is Living and What Is Dead in Social Democracy.”